6c3b29 No.140051
As we all know on here, /monster/ thrives on OC. And while we have a good collection of stories and CYOA's, we are seriously lacking in the department of drawfags. Too many post in the drawthread general are flooded with requests, and we simply don't have enough artists to do them. Hence why I am making this thread: To not only help you want to learn how to draw, but also how to get better at it. This thread will be for posting tutorials, hints, tips, and critiques of your art work. I will be posting several very handy places and resources you can use. If anyone finds anything other tutorial, specifically on drawing actual monster girls, feel free to share. The whole point of this thread is to help people create more OC and art to help /monster/ thrive
Learning How To Draw:
>http://8ch.net/loomis/hub.html
A perfect guide for tutorials and helpful tips.
>http://8ch.net/loomis/
A wonderful board here on 8chan. Many threads have useful tips and tutorials to help you out.
>http://8ch.net/dpd/res/56.html
>http://8ch.net/dpd/res/95.html
While the board is mostly dead, these threads may be of some use to you, as there are monster girls in them.
>www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/269717-noob-to-pro-a-list-of-CA-s-epic-progress-sketchbooks
If you really want to talk in depth about drawing techniques, this is where you should look. Deviantart is useless honestly, as ConceptArt will legit help you get good, as many artists here are professionals and/or just really good.
So remember, if you are serious about actually wanting to draw and helping /monster/ grow, check this thread out! It will save your life
6c3b29 No.140053
One important detail: If you are already an artist who draw monster girls and you want to help other artists on here learn how to draw them, feel free to contribute and make tutorials for everyone. Remember: /monster/ thrives on OC, so the more OC we have, the more Ammit-Chan will be happy for all of us
fe4aff No.140055
37b8ea No.140057
Thanks anon. We renaissance now.
6c3b29 No.140059
>>140055
Same. I posted in the meta thread asking Aux for one
6c3b29 No.140062
Some other handy places:
>https://www.youtube.com/user/DrawWithJazza
A fantastic artist on Youtube with great insight into how to draw and even how to learn shading, coloring, and other useful drawing techniques. Most of his art is western based.
>http://kukuruyo.com/
Many of you know him as an artist who drew a lot for GamerGate, but he's mostly known for his Monster Girl comic series. No real tutorials, but its a perfect inspiration place for you.
>http://fuckyeahmonstergirls.tumblr.com
Mostly just reblogs things from other artists. However it is still a great collection of monster girl art.
Also try looking up speedrawing videos on Youtube. They can be plenty useful, specially if you want your art to be more anime influenced
4662d6 No.140067
Is there anything for people that only have tablets or smartphones?
6c3b29 No.140068
>>140067
Like drawing tablets or tablets like iPad's?
4662d6 No.140069
>>140068
Tablets like ipad.
But I only got android smartphone.
6c3b29 No.140073
>>140069
If you have a good drawing app and a pen for your iPad you can defiantly use it. Phones I'm not so sure about. I'll be honest, you're better off investing in a drawing tablet. Most artists recommend buying Wacom tablets,though you might have to shill out at least $70 or more for a good one, its worth the investment.
4662d6 No.140077
>>140073
Being a poorfag, that's gonna take awhile.
Should I just draw on paper and snap pictures in the meantime?
6c3b29 No.140080
Thanks for the sticky Aux!
>>140077
I mean there's some decently cheap ones on amazon and ebay.
4662d6 No.140082
>>140080
>I mean there's some decently cheap ones on amazon and ebay.
I'll check it out.
6c3b29 No.140083
>>140082
If you do see one on Ebay, make sure to look it up to see reviews on it.
e23ec2 No.140084
>>140077 (WITNESSED)
Start in traditional. It's a lot easier to get a good grasp of (here's a word you're gonna learn to hate) fundamentals. There's an immediate feedback in drawing traditionally, as it's very direct and you can feel the medium in your hand. It's less forgiving, certainly, but that'll teach you to plan your strokes.
Speaking of traditional media, draw in everything you can. Graphite, Charcoal, Paint, Ink, Markers, Crayons, everything. Experiment and find out what you like.
If you're really committed, THEN start spending money on hardware. Remember: It's an investment. And make sure you know what you're getting. I got a shitty intuos some years ago and it's barely 5 x 7 inches of draw area (I like using my WHOLE ARM) and that purchase has bit me in the ass more times than I can count. You can still work with it, but it feels atrociously tiny.
If you wanna forego a "Next-Gen" console, Yiynovas are a solid Cintiq knock-off I hear.
4662d6 No.140093
>>140084
Thank you.
I only have line paper and start for now til I get better materials, in time I'll get a tablet and post.
Probably gonna take a few months before I can get one.
d89ff8 No.140106
Thought I'd share something to start the thread even though I'm not good at drawing in the slightest.
I've been learning how to draw in my free time for about 2 months or something like that, pic related is some figure drawing I did in an hour or two. I want to recommend to everyone who's "I can only do stick figures" tier the book "Drawing on the right side of the brain". It starts a bit weird with some right brain/left brain stuff but then it gets really good, and ends up giving you a lot of confidence about learning more about drawing.
58b566 No.140138
>>140106
poses are very good start, most people dont start with references and go with established templates ei anime poses and whatnot.
hopefully the board ends up learning how to draw their own waifus in the near future.
6c3b29 No.140140
>>140138
That's the gameplan
e23ec2 No.140152
>>140106
You will wanna move away from lined paper soon.
As for practice, figure drawing is usually the go-to for people starting out, so I'll provide some of those.
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
http://www.quickposes.com/
The idea is not to draw the model exactly, but to get the idea of how to ensure the 'gesture' or flow of the body well.
That may not be the best place to start though. One thing about /furry/ that we can admire, though, is that they're not short on giving out resources for prospective artists.
One of the ones that really stands out to me is DrawABox. It's got some very, very good lessons and instructional guides. CtrlPaint also has a decent video series, but that's geared more toward digital.
http://drawabox.com/
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/
Youtube has a plethora of information as well, some standouts include Proko, Sycra, Tent Kaniuga, Scott Robertson (I love how he does perspective, and he works mostly in traditional media, so I recommend him strongly), and many, many others.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
https://www.youtube.com/user/Sycra
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmRm1xtLIpBhuWjTyD411pA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrJhSmz4zo9t-Z2GdHECW7A
Pull from as many resources as you can, and whatever happens, be consistent and practice every day. Don't measure by the clock, but the calendar.
I've only been practicing about once a week without doing any studies (can't commit due to time constraints) since about September of last year, and while I don't feel like I've improved, I can see it when I draw. Judge for yourself if you like.
f6694c No.140198
>>140152
Not bad at all sir. Cute expression!!
Im honestly terrible with tablets and digitally rendering. Once i can try an iPad with the penicl that may change im not entirely sure.
What do you lads think of my shoggoth?..
06ca1e No.140209
Criticize my night stalker gal.
ca4f39 No.140214
>>140209
Its absolute shit anon for the love of god keep working on it but i wont lie, i would just burn that piece of crap if i were you.
having said that, no hate, try to keep improving, you are now at average deviantart/furaffinity artist.
Get better please
Also fallout, completely autistic, stop that
d156cc No.140218
I archived this from over a year ago from /co/ when it was super comfy. Most of the links still work in it so go out and get practicing.
https://archive.is/3yQcv
50cd08 No.140233
>>140106
I smell loomis.
>>140209
Might wanna ditch the signature, only deviantart noobs use them.
Until you have a following that is.
d89ff8 No.140236
>>140152
I appreciate the resources, thanks. What's wrong with lined paper though?
>>140209
You have to work on them proportions, features on the face look weird and are also weirdly placed. I recommend this book right here: https://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/147941.Figure_Drawing_for_All_It_s_Worth
>>140233
The trademark mannikins gives it away too easy.
233fc9 No.140266
What should I start with if I absolute dogshit at drawing, especially when it comes to living things?
bcbbe9 No.140312
>>140270
I fucking love fairies.
e23ec2 No.140323
>>140266
Honestly? Just start. Your first thousand drawings are gonna suck no matter what. Just gotta put in the time.
50cd08 No.140341
>>140323
This.
It's why it's good to start things as a kid because you don't realise how shit you are for the early years.
233fc9 No.140380
>>140323
What about if your drawings are absolute trash and you tend to quit things out of shame?
58b566 No.140382
>>140380
then you wont be able to draw your waifu ever. You have to do it for her.
50cd08 No.140384
>>140380
Just review what you hate and learn form it.
You gotta power through it.
61f782 No.140448
>tfw you can't draw your waifu because someone might find that drawing and then you would have to kill yourself
199cba No.140456
If someone sculpts a waifu I can paint it pretty well I gues, but otherwise I think I'll stick with Writefaggotry….
fd16a2 No.140464
Why bother trying to do art if you know you are inherently shit at it?
Even if you do practice, you'll probably never be good enough.
>tfw everything I ever made gets thrown into the trash for not meeting very high personal standards
61f782 No.140470
>>140464
Dude you may think that you lack talent but what if I tell you that somethink like talent doesn't exist and all the good artists worked for their skills.
Everyone is shit at the start, some people just have to practice more than others, so practice more and fuck the haters even if you're one of them.
do it for your waifu
50ce91 No.140471
>want to draw people properly
>need to learn anatomy for that
>want to get better because my skeletons look like they are made out of play doo
>practice drawing heads
>hate drawing heads because I'm not good enough yet
Drawing is a big loop of fuck you if you can't into biology or at least drawing somewhat properly from the beginning.
>>140448
>not hiding it to fuck
Do you even into powerlevel hiding?
>>140464
Because it's fun and useful for a weeb.
>throwing drawings out
You fucking autist, don't throw them out, keep them. Do that shit where you keep your shit drawings, keep practicing and then compare your newer drawings to your old ones. They'll be relatively less shit, so you'll get motivated.
50ce91 No.140472
>>140471
*>want to get better beforehand
61f782 No.140473
>>140471
The point is I don't have places to hide them.
you can always give me some tips
50ce91 No.140476
>>140473
>inside a book
>under mattress
>under something
I don't know, just put it somewhere people don't look for normally.
Or, if you're willing to go full autist, do a hidden outlet compartment and put it in there.
61f782 No.140477
>>140476
That won't do, sometimes my father helps me to clean my room because I don't even know why and he cleans every fucking corner I'm always scared that he will find my weed.
And the thing with books also won't do because in my house people read books so eventually someone will pickup THAT book.
50ce91 No.140480
>>140477
What about the outlet?
5dd65e No.140481
>Learning How To Draw
I would, but I'm already learning Japanese in my spare time.
someone's gotta translate them doujins in 5 years
61f782 No.140488
>>140480
I don't think that this amount of paper will fit in anywhere.
50ce91 No.140489
>>140488
Well, shit. Try googling for hidden compartments, there might be one that fits.
5a1220 No.140501
>>140488
How's yer bed look like?
Does it have a box-spring? You can hide shit in the box-spring, have access from below and shit. I did it when i was a kid with porno mags and nobody ever found out.
61f782 No.140504
>>140501
>Does it have a box-spring?
No it doesn't.
I have to move out
50ce91 No.140508
>>140504
>that title
Just remove your parents.
**that's serbian, right?
50ce91 No.140511
5a1220 No.140523
>>140504
I don't know then, my polan friend.
Tape them under your desk or some shit, tell your dad to fuck off and clean your room alone. Why the fuck would a father do this? I mean, i've always cleaned my room alone. And most of the time involved me closing the door and keeping it a shithole for a while until mom found out about it. Thus entering a vicious circle. But my mom never dared to adventure into that land of dirty clothes and coat-hangers.
61f782 No.140552
>>140523
My father likes to have everything his way. I can hide the paper in my guitar, fucking genius.
Ok, let's stop shitposting on this thread.
fd16a2 No.140567
How do you keep going if whatever you draw disgusts you enough to want to quit?
6868fe No.140577
>>140567
Just believe you can do it. I feel the same way when i try to draw, try telling yourself i know i can make this good. Repeat it if you have to. Juzt dont give up. Do it for yourself. Do it for your waifu
fdb4e6 No.140579
>>140567
Ask those people who make thousands off of furries. :^)
c260ed No.140585
>>140567
What you see and what the public perceives, are entirely different matters. You might be unsatisfied with your skills, nitpicking everything and strive to get better. I'm a beast-like retarded midget who can't avoid soiling his pants whenever I try to talk, and the drawings look good enough, or at least I see they keep getting better.
03a84b No.140601
>>140567
think about it like this; you may not like what you see, but remember that literally every artist ever had to start in the same position you're in right now. if you want it to look better, then just keep at it mate. you're always improving even if you don't see it; plus, remember that one man's trash is another man's treasure. you might not like your work, but someone else out there might look at it and think "huh, that's pretty cool."
dont sweat the small details right away. just draw what makes you happy and see where you can go with it. look up tutorials, ask people for criticism, etc. don't buy into the whole "draw every single day" bullshit some people say is "crucial" to getting gud. that's a sure way to make yourself feel even worse and just stress yourself out. draw when you feel like drawing, but do try to keep a habit of it so you don't fall rusty.
and don't be afraid to experiment. occasionally wandering out of your comfort zone every so often is a good way to help familiarize yourself with things and get a better grasp on what you like. what you want your work to look like, what techniques work and what feel like shit, that kind of thing. just dont beat yourself up too much if the results aren't that great, it's called experimenting for a reason; plus you'll learn something useful either way regardless, so it's pretty much a win/win.
drawing is a tedious craft my man. it's a talent honed through lots of blood, sweat and tears and the occasional self-loathing. but you'll get better, believe me. we all had to start somewhere.
c05a0e No.140608
61fc6f No.140626
>>140552
You gotta move out, pal. You gotta do it. A man needs his privacy.
6c3b29 No.140738
>>140552
Good. Now make Ammit-Chan proud anon
98b990 No.140765
Funny how just the other day I started doing drawabox exercises.
I'm not what I consider to be a decent drawfag yet, but I'll help to contribute OC to /monster/ whenever it needs it!
bcbbe9 No.140777
>>140765
>I'm not what I consider to be a decent drawfag yet, but I'll help to contribute OC to /monster/ whenever it needs it!
Hopefully we get futachitsu-onna OC soon as a result.
b61bf6 No.140847
>>140464
>>140471
Yes, don't throw out your old art. Practice long enough and you'll get decent. Keep practicing and get good. Just learn to have fun.
Then at one point you'll get lazy and start half-assing everything.
233fc9 No.140853
So I managed to find some simple drawings I made that I haven't thrown away yet.
One is a non-living thing sketched on paper about a year back. The other is a ms-paint drawing from the tower girls draw thread.
Please tear them apart and tell me exactly how much I suck.
50ce91 No.140856
>get told that I need to start drawing shapes instead of trying to draw it all at once
>try copying some random drawing
>kinda wonky but looks better than my last drawings
>none of them looks as good as the ones I did while not paying attention to what I was doing
I wonder if I should try drawing drunk and see if I get better.
>>140853
The first one is lacking proper perspective, but has that "there was an attempt" feeling.
The second one is all kinds of fucked up though.
I'd recommend reading perspective made easy, if you haven't already. It really helped me and would unfuck the first pic.
(I drew >>139376 so you better take this next advice with a grain of salt)
For the second one you need to learn about about anatomy and shit. I'm going to
learn how to draw a skeleton, learning about the placement of the bones -> learn about muscles, their placement and how they move -> learn how skin works and everything else in the body
It makes sense to learn it this way because each part helps the next(E.G. "the eye socket is here, so the eye should look like this") so I'd recommend you learning it this way after learning about perspective and whatnot. Unless a drawfag comes and tells me I'm wrong and a retard.
bcb928 No.140875
>>140856
>>140853
Uh, I'm no DaVinci, but I remember some basics of perspective. I could put together a tutorial or something if people want.
bcbbe9 No.140893
>>140875
Go ahead and do that, sure.
042162 No.141057
bcfd9d No.141300
Looking for critique before I put to much time into it
b25a29 No.141445
>>141300
its flipping when i open it but the proportions for the head seem off but maybe I'm losing it. pose and torso look great tho, better than i can do.
50ce91 No.141451
>try to draw vampire girl
>end up with skyrim orc with fangs
Other than the nigger lips and my complete lack of knowledge about anatomy, is there anything wrong on the pic?
I-I'll start studying tomorrow, I promise
13d35d No.141477
>>141457
Hey, that's pretty good
Kill me
8cd141 No.141485
>promoting /loomis/
das it mane
that board needs all the love.
>>141451
>>>/loomis/2317
>>141457
Will do a redline later if you don't mind. It's a good start, but the joints are wonky in general.
596d60 No.141487
>>141485
I don't mind at all, knock yourself out fam
bfa65f No.141498
>>141451
Don't worry bro, we're all gonna make it some day
8cd141 No.141500
>>141487
Right, let's see. Not an expert here, but I'll try. Anyone with more experience, feel free to call me a retard. Also disregard the legs, I suck at them.
First off, her arms are disproportionate. Her left lower arm looks way longer than the upper arm, and vice versa for the right arm. I'd also recommend you watch out when drawing big meaty paws like Hellhound's, all the fur and shit gets in the way and makes it hard to parse the right dimensions.
Second, rule of thumb says that males have hips roughly as wide as their shoulders; females' hips are noticeably wider. Between the proportions and the short boyish haircut, this hellhound here could pass for a dude with tits.
Third, add some more meat to your limbs. Use curves more often, don't make them look like sticks.
Finally, the face looks pretty good, although I notice you're lifting the expression straight out of KC's book. Only things to mention is that the ears look a little mangy, and that Hellhound doesn't quite have croc teeth. Aside from that, I'm really digging the posture and I see you're trying to into perspective. Hoping to see you get better, nigga.
8cd141 No.141513
Also, dumping some WIP I've had hanging lel around for way too damn long. If any of you goyim want to rate or give comments, I'd appreciate it like you wouldn't believe. I just feel bad about posting porn on /loomis/.
32c241 No.141536
I may not be a decent artist yet but here's some guides that might help anyways.
32c241 No.141552
>>141538
First one is more of a bait image, still useful to remember if you want to imitate older anime art.
8cd141 No.141565
596d60 No.141603
>>141500
Ay thanks man.
Yeah I often fuck proportions like that up. The problem here is I never do an outline first, but rather just jump right into the details and whatnot.
I never heard of that rule of thumb before, so thank you for mentioning it. Up until recently I only drew military type stuff and it almost always included males, so drawing feminine characters is a nightmare for me.
I went with the croc teeth and mangy ears on purpose, same with the short hair. Just wanted to give something else a shot instead of a direct copy-paste. But I don't really think the face is all that good, it just kinda looks wrong to me. When I draw it up-close it looks fine pic related, first thing in anime style I ever drew, but it was basically a copy-paste of something .less made and I just changed the girl. But when I'm drawing something and the head is further away it just looks off. I can't exactly place it.
I'll be sure to re-do it with your outlines once I have more time. Got plenty of real life cuckery ahead, hopefully I won't call it quits and join the military.
a8e7ba No.141605
>>141498
T-thanks.
>>141552
>>141565
I have a fuck load of pictures like that, but it's unorganized to fuck, should I post them on mega?
80223e No.141698
I'm only recently starting to get the hang of faces and want to eventually draw Monster girls.
Can you guys give me advice on my art?
Is my style any good?
58b566 No.141707
>>141698
keep it up buddy. looks like you had quite the improvement there.
80223e No.141709
>>141707
Hmm, do you recognize my ID from a previous thread?
566850 No.141710
>>141513
considering she's upside-down, the girl's breasts should be affected by gravity a lot more unless her top is magical or something
566850 No.141714
>>141536
>>141538
>>141552
i'm not a drawfag, but i saved them anyway
also oh god that poor girl's spine on the far right in the anatomy rotation gif
58b566 No.141781
>>141709
just deducted from your scan filename. since the former picture is less complex than the latter.
8e71b1 No.141849
>>141698
My advice to you is stop. You have no foundation and you're falling into the anime trap where you simply don't have an understanding of basics and want to emulate something
You're essentially trying to build a car with very little knowledge as to how they work. But because you see them every day it cant be that hard.
GO back to basics, use simple shapes to build things, then when you think you know that, go back and study again. then can study living things then make things from imagination.
loomis is a good basics teacher, heres all his works for free http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/
http://drawabox.com/
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/library
Between those three links you'll see massive art gains assuming you pay attention, and take it seriously
and we have some decent art boards which is good
>>>/loomis/
>>>/art/
>>>/dpd/
>but i want to draw muh animu
all houses still need a proper foundation or they'll fall apart.
honestly that's my advice to almost everyone in these threads. You all have next to no idea what your doing
8e71b1 No.141850
32c241 No.141957
>>141714
She can't use the size of her tits as an excuse either, looks like a fucking centaur.
b25a29 No.142317
ok i caved and I'm trying to relearn how to draw from the ground up and i just did 10 pages of trying to make straight lines and could barely manage by the end. this is going to take a while and my possibly arthritis is getting in the way already.
this is going to be a struggle but i have to at least get to decent sketch levels before I'm anywhere near happy with myself
fuck circles, how the fuck do i make these and also keep my hands from exploding?
sagearoony for not super on topic
>>141849
this is exactly what i need thanks m8
a8e7ba No.142347
>>142317
Try doing a circle, going around multiple times. It helps with muscle coordination or some shit like that.
89df7c No.142350
BeePunz here,
Been a /monster/ drawfag for a while.
I've gonna explain how to improve your drawing skills while also (potentially) creating your own style.
>Draw the same thing over and over. That's all for your first step. Sounds simple right?
Choose a head, eye, something of your choice to draw, and just draw it over and over again.
Let's say you choose to draw an eye. I want you to fill up an entire paper with eyes. (Do it from memory if you want, this helps build style)
The more you draw an eye, the more it gets jotted into your memory as something instinctual. Before you know it, drawing eyes are childsplay you can draw them even without thinking and it takes you only seconds when it took you minutes before.
Repeat this as much as you are able, and once you feel like you can sketch a full body in less than hour you are ready to enter the next step. Posing and body structure.
I'm at this stage right now, so I can't give much help as to what I'm currently learning, but I do have one thing
>Slopes make anything dynamic
If you want to show action, nothing works better then sloped lines. Look at some dynamic posing, and look at a character's shoulders, more then likely they aren't perfectly horizontal. When someone's moving, no part is going to stay perfectly vertical/horizontal. Keep this in mind while drawing poses.
Hope this helps, I'm not one for explaining stuff well, but I did what I could.
0b60dc No.142362
>>140893
>>141057
Had to cut it to get it to fit.
8e71b1 No.142704
>>142317
> i just did 10 pages of trying to make straight lines
Nigger just get a ruler. if you need straight or perfect shapes & lines just get a compass/ellipse tool/ruler no need to over complicate the matter.
you can get good at straight lines after you get good at drawing. you're just wasting time & effort punching that brick wall.
>>142350
Please don't do this till you have a foundation and learn to "see" and properly use reference
Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
b25a29 No.142941
>>142704
the idea is more developing better control without the use of tools. I'm not doing this to make straight lines I'm doing it because its a simple way of making my control better and building muscle memory. and I'm already getting better at it so I'm happy.
477bfe No.143197
>>141500
Finally re-done it, followed your redlines as much as I could.
8cd141 No.143236
>>143197
You see, you don't need to follow the redline to a tee, it's more of a guideline to help you see where you messed up because I'm not a professional in any way and my drawings still have plenty of issues.
For instance, the neck could stand to be more slender than that, and the head, just a bit lower. I'm kinda shit at legs so maybe you shouldn't pay much heed to this, but I think the lower legs are just a bit thicker than they should, they should taper off more noticeably around the foot joint. It also looks like the upper left leg is longer than it should.
The left arm is kinda broken, and the left hand is way too flat. However, the right arm looks sexy as fuck, good work on the curves.
The head looks fairly nice IMO, maybe just make the nose a bit more subtle. And now I can't help but see the titty monster's facial expression, kill me.
477bfe No.143258
>>143236
Professional or not, you can't say you don't have the right idea. If your drawings have any issues they aren't very noticeable. The redline did a good job showing me where exactly I screwed up and it seemed like a good idea to follow it. I noticed a lot of other crap, not just the weird proportions like the shoulders for example, they're nowhere near as exclaimed in the first attempt as they are in the second.
e41088 No.144152
Not really /monster/ related, but this is the one with the most users, so… Does anyone have that pic showing the differences between the skeleton of both sexes?
db79cb No.146562
So let's just say I want to practise my drawing skills a little. Do you happen to have any guides on how to draw eyes (both animu and western style) and faces?
db79cb No.146564
So let's just say I want to practise my drawing skills a little. Do you happen to have any guides on how to draw faces and eyes (both animu and western style) in particular?
db79cb No.146565
>>146562
>>146564
FOR FUCK'S SAKE HOTWHEELS
2e5785 No.147871
>>146565
Speaking of which – for those who can't post because CAPTCHA is broken:
>go to captcha veryfication page
>right-click "view page source"
>scroll left until you see Base64 hash link in BOLD RED
>click view in another tab to see the picture
>fill in captcha and close captcha image
85852b No.148951
>>140051
Hey, I'm "artist in the making", thanks for ITT, I knew of those boards.
(That is I even attend the art class, albeit right now only crawling I clearly see some improvenments, it's paid so nothing like really attending the proper school, I'm a mentally fucked up NEET so I have TOO MUCH FREE time, still for some reason can't find zeal to draw something on my own, ehh)
I think my favourite take on "Monster Girl" (not that I'm really much aware of the fandom, sadly) is definitely that of Monmusu Quest, because those are most monstrous and not barely humans looking like cosplayers (sometimes I have such a feeling, ala Pokémon gijinka), even tho some designs are Eldritch Horror tier.
Now I'd like to draw casual fantasy (NWC M&M style, my fav universe), in mixed anime/eastern animation style. My aim would be obviously, to popularise Slavic mythology a bit more, as it's really unappreciated, save for well… Witcher (which is not perfect - for example their "skellington spider" - Koschei, or duplication of Vodyaniks, but dude had great aim in popularising fantasy in my homeland aswell as using some Slavic monsters in it) and some Oriental Fantasy settings like Ragnarok Online or SMT/Megaten. Would that be problem for any of you here to publish such things? I won't try to make it exaggeratedly fetishised (something I dislike, I don't want to be lewd), but obviously it will include some female specimen. I can even try to draw some proper mg from time to time as long as it will look "monster" enough.
As I've seen one thread being fans of Isaac Horn, I'm not really sure. Some of those are borderline furry, that's something I'd like to omnit. Find the "golden mean" between fantasy/mythology and that.
(… Honestly, what's with those "Sidhe" types in MGE?)'
PS. Is someone here aware of any archive working with 8chan, that is including /monster/ board? The SM Youma thread unfortunately died, and others I'd like to see again, such cases for a faster featured board.
I knew of 8archive.moe, that is I think it was the one, but it's eternally "will be back soon".
b72fef No.149179
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY DO THE LEGS HAVE SO MANY MUSCLES
LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT. IT'S NOT LIKE A GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANY OTHER MUSCLE THAT ISN'T THE ASS AND THIGHS
57c039 No.149183
>>149179
The legs have to prop up the rest of the body. It's necessary to have lots of muscles.
848f36 No.149187
>>149179
Lucky for you dozens of monstergirls don't even have legs.
0b60dc No.149246
>>146564
Actually yes.
Drawing the Head and Figure by Loomis gives a really good breakdown of the proportions of the head and face.
For anime, try to get your hands on the How to Draw Manga books that were released in the early to mid 2000's, especially Getting Started, Female Characters, and Bishoujo-Pretty Girls. These three all have great breakdowns of the facial compositions common in anime, with special emphasis on the eyes.
Word of warning, avoid the new HtDM books, they're cancer.
I'll see if I have any hidden on my computer but in the meantime, look for torrents.
efddc3 No.151572
8aef98 No.152082
Are there any starter's guides on tablet use?
efddc3 No.152260
>>152082
What exactly are you looking for? How to actually draw on a tablet, or do you want to know what tablet to start out with on the first place? >>>/loomis/1338 might be of use to you.
5e2e4e No.152276
>No one making OC
It's the end times
8aef98 No.152285
>>152260
How to use it, I mean.
32c241 No.152334
>>152276
If I get over some physical and mental health bullshit that's standing in the way, I'll probably contribute.
ca4f39 No.152378
>>152276
i have been drawing boxes and shit for a week, give me a break, wait atleast 6 moths and if seriously NOBODY posts their shitty oc, then the thread was a fail, but i started from zero so i cant draw a cute lamia yet
f7cb19 No.152439
>>152276
But you just made OC for us now.
Is it OC?
And c'mon, Barbariank has been confirmed as browsing this board as of late, so it's hard to really say something like that.
5e2e4e No.152514
>>152439
Yeah it was just a quick sketch before I tried more drawing. Still glad that Barb did that but this board needs more OC coming in I need my monstergirl fix god damn it.
aa4c09 No.154121
Oh man, I haven't slept in a while.
What's better than sleeping?
Drawing.
KEEP IT UP ANONS.
467201 No.154579
Took your advice. Have a spider girl. Really useful guides.
efddc3 No.154673
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>154121
Nice pose, but those lower legs look rail-thin and that index finger is some Salad Fingers shit. Head might also be too wide, but I like where you're going with this overall.
>>154579
Can't tell much due to the image quality and the slant, but I'd say that head is also too wide (although the face itself looks good enough), and those arms look kinda offputting. They're way too thin, and the distance between her shoulders isn't symmetrical at all. Definitely the weakest part, but on the other hand, the rest of the torso, the hips and the legs are looking good to me.
The breasts also need some work, but this video should help you out with that better than I probably could.
8a3cf3 No.155019
>>154673
Thanks for the video, I thought I'd also say that the videos of the quick poses of real people is much more useful than a lot of the 3D models. Well me personally. For daily sketching especially.
kripplekike fix the captcha=
bedba1 No.155025
What's the point of trying any of this if you know you're going to suck?
Unless you already have a modicum of talent, it seems like a wasted investment to bother trying.
2a401e No.155032
>>155025
For the sake of building talent.
75f547 No.155054
>>155025
>Unless you already have a modicum of talent, it seems like a wasted investment to bother trying.
That's such a cuck thing to say.
Sure, some people are naturally talented, but more often than not it comes down to sitting down and building up your skills. It takes time and you'll hate yourself for the mistakes you make, but you'll feel quite nice when you see the improvement. Most of all, you need to want it. If you don't like drawing in general, THEN there's no point in even trying. So ask yourself, do you want to make lewd pictures of you and your waifu holding hands and raising your children? If the answer is yes, then pick up the closest pencil and go draw some shitty art, then do it again and again later on until it's less shitty.
bedba1 No.155064
Why bother drawing anyway?
Drawings and art ultimately have no intrinsic value. There's no real point to even do it.
75f547 No.155068
>>155064
Anon, half the shit humans do has no intrinsic value. What's the intrinsic value of you being a mopey sack of dicks here? If we only cared about what is useful, what would separate us from machines? Stop being a nihilistic manlet cuck and go draw something.
If anything it'll help you keep your mind off how horrible life is, speaking from personal experience here
ccfe7f No.155116
>>155064
Mr. Aussie, why shitpost on /monster/ when you could be fapping to the thought of eating out qt non-aboriginal drop bear girls instead?
e48689 No.155594
I've been practicing trying to draw the same face from different angles, but its particularly hard. Anyone have any tips or guides?
c8346f No.155625
>>141538
>Teal guy.
I come baring gifts from a forgotten hero.
http://imgur.com/gallery/8eHzD
c8346f No.155645
>>155625
Here's more of his stuff that I think always bears repeating.
c176ae No.155672
>>154579
Back again with another spidder grill.
I used the the videos if speed sketching and expanded. Next I'm going to start on my milfy secretary Hakutaku. Such chestpillows
>How'd I do tho?..
3e39e3 No.155832
>>140448
>be me
>liked to draw sexy/qt grills when i was 11 or so
>have the messiest room ever
>go to friends for a sleep over one day
> come back home, room is spotless
>start to play oblivion when my mom walks in
>"Hey Anon…"
>"Yeah mom?"
> "What's this?
>pic related but with boobs the size of her torso
I have lost my motivation ever since then…
0b60dc No.155838
>>155832
Oh anon, if you could see the goofy shit I drew when I was younger….
3f68c7 No.155956
>>155672
you should think more of seperating cranium and face and the hair should accentuate the ballshape of the cranium, wrapping around it
her limbs are pretty out of wack proportion wise, too (I'll just assume being chubby is intentional)
and these are just the most glaring anatomical mistakes I can spot, even as a layman
1f2d21 No.156390
It's really sad to look at my older work and realize it's better than my newer attempts. I have a bad habit of dropping my shit for months at a time.
2949d1 No.157611
I'm thinking of getting into drawing since I got a tablet with a drawing pen, so I thought I'd start with something simple, colouring this alp image.
Advice/feedback on doing better next time? I'm looking to actually start proper drawing using these guides soon, but I thought that if I have a good benchmark I can keep coming back to this image and improving on my earlier work/do my own version once I'm ready
95c2a2 No.157614
>>140053
Is her clipboard supposed to be white?
3f68c7 No.157616
>>157611
Even if you dont draw the outlines of the eyes, remember to colour the whites in
wtf is she doing with her clipboard?
is she clipping it between her fist and arm? or is she supposed to actually hold it?
consider making her glasses not absolutely crystal clear
consider giving her actual pupils and highlights, too
8e71b1 No.158814
>>155645
ahh theres the two images i was looking for to explain >>141849
>>157611
my advice is back to basics
I dont want to say everything is wrong buteverything is wrong
Hands arent that blocky
the way the body is posititioned doenst fit the way you're describint it with line, like you;re trying to give a 3/4 look while drawing the clothing like its a full frontal
you're wrinkle lines don't tell us anything and look like you put them in because clothing has wrinkles
your shadows/light are okay i guess but still have wierd misinfo like the inner lapel being white and the characters right wing not being darker
that tie is apparently a button on since its not going under the collar
glasses are too tiny
ears are to high
Seriously take a step back from drawing waifus and focus on technique like ive mentioned earlier and is mentioned here >>155645
d59c3a No.158847
>>158814
I didn't draw it
I just coloured it in, but thanks for the feedback on the shading
233fc9 No.158849
I wouldn't mind try drawing but end up never having the motivation because I know i'll suck badly at it. Even with all the guides here, i end up just sitting around and doing nothing.
How do you motivate yourself to try and draw?
2165b7 No.158857
>>158849
Don't wait for motivation because it's not gonna come for you if you just sit on your ass and wait for it. Just draw, it'll probably suck but who gives a fuck. Your failures are only more reason to try and do better next time.
c60583 No.158858
>>158849
Don't worry about sucking, nobody's good at first. As long as you keep trying you will see improvement.
Furthermore, it just feels good to create something. Even if it sucks, it's nice to look at your work and say "I made that". I'm far from perfect when it comes to drawing and despite the fact I tend to focus too much on my mistakes, I still feel nice knowing I made something.
Pic related is something I made recently, far from great but I still like it. And it's better than some of the older shit I made.
Plus drawing provides a very nice refuge from the creeping existential dread I feel on a quad-weekly basis, but I don't know if you're on the same boat as me on that matter. If you are, I do recommend drawing.
c60583 No.159318
Gonna hit you lads up with some cheesy motivation
8e71b1 No.159516
>>158847
oh well i feel stupid
Try to visualize a location of the lightsource, like is it solar, if it is what time of day, is she near some major color source like grass or water
if shes indoors what kinds of light is he near, candles/iridecent/incandecent, is it lamp or overhead or a chandeler
avoid white at all costs, theres rarely any natural or unnatural white light,
If you dont want to think to much about those things just try to go with a lighter shade of whatever the character is wearing. So say your red is 50%, 25% might be a better place to start highlights rather than white.
Textures come up more in the way they act with light but that gets into specifics that you need examples for, like silk being shiny, metal being weird, cotton being way less contrasty
52e01a No.159666
Totally a WIP. But it's becoming a more common thing I do when I get home. I posted the derpy armed spidder
d59c3a No.159697
>>157611
Alright, hot off the trails of colouring in, I tried drawing something this time. I present to you original character, Magical Girl Runt the Hellhound.
This took way too long (15+ hours easy) and I don't wanna have to shade that much shit again. How can I draw something so flat colours look nice?
Also i fucked up the mouth I'm sorry.
>>159318
>>159319
Thank you
>>159516
I… sorta started before you said, but I don't think I fucked up too much. I value your feedback, but can you help me draw… quicker?
58b566 No.159741
>>140051
something interesting happened.
dwango (people who worked with studio khara) purchased Toonz some sort of animation software used by studio Ghibli. Its going open source with their agreement.
>>>/co/547314