>>1075647
the coffee cup.
i lol'd.

You fucking got me h!

Great work by the way

I'd beat the shit out of you for desecrating Sargent, if I could. Fucking criminal vandal.

>>1075652
>>1075650
Thanks.

>>1075654
Ah,I'm sorry to make you feel that way.It's intended to be a tongue-in-cheek kind of humor.

>h!

>>1075661
Well, I was being a tad superlative. It's mah style.

The 'background' is really an afterthought at this stage...

pulled this out of my asshole in 35. I dont know what I am doing.

>>1075675
I like the background. The foreground, not so much. The figure steals a bit from it

>>1075680

agree now that I look at it. blame it on dark souls.

>>1075689
Da sword is kinda weird. Maybe that could be it. Also, the widows are ok that dark which is ok/good. But the figure has volume and is pretty much the same value than the windows, which doesn't relate it to the windows, and it's too dark to relate it to the background. I'd make the windows/wall totally black.

30 or so minutes speedpaint from last night, glass snail. Reflections are fucking hard to paint.

A lot to fix but I'm unsure about this one anyway. I'll do another concept before coming back to this one.

>>1075888
That's pretty good. Why not spend more time on it?

>>1075889

Because its a practice speedpaint.

>>1075889
>>1075889
this, is awesome

>>1075647
Holy shit h! you cannot draw glasses. Learn some perspective, why don't you.

This copy is taking longer than i had hoped.

>>1076068
>longer than I had hoped
>hoped
I see what you did there.

does this hold any artistic merit?
I think it's cool but I've received mixed reactions before.

>>1076075
Well, let's just say that just about every teenager with a pencil in the world will draw eyes like that, many many times over those 8 years.

This is my first proper sketch of my new character, Seren McCall. He's a repeat offense case in an Italian prison.
Please tell me what I've done wrong in this picture.

Finished this some time ago.

Opinions are welcome

I made this out of clay at the beginning of my visual arts class when I was a freshmen in college.

>>1076098
>Please tell me what I've done wrong in this picture.
cute eyes and huge collar

>>1076139
...Crap, right about the collar. I'll fix that right now.
As far as the eyes, how can that be fixed? Smaller shine mark? They're supposed to be sunken, but rather alert or vaguely paranoid seeming. Maybe narrowed just a little, eyebrow leaning in a bit instead of out...

>>1076147
I don't particularly like to comment because I never post my own work, but honestly, I think you should find what it is your going for with your work. It looks anime-inspired, but the features and clothing are lacking in both depth and feeling. Why fake it when you don't have to? If you are weak in realism, start drawing from real people.

>>1075893
Poison Ivy?

Practising with some new things I learned about fotoshap today.

>please keep it under 1500x1500
>squeeeeeeze
>w: 1505

Oh fuck oh fuck

>>1076068
Update

Assignment to add to recognizable painting.

Trying to make a working comp.

>>1076068

hey, can you give the ref? I forget what that painting is called.

>>1076287
Nighthawks - Edward Hopper

>>1076289

thank you pandaman.

>>1076287
You're new to this business, aren't you?

>>1076291

No, I just don't appeal to painting as much as I do with animation.

You're a fag­got around these parts, aren't you?

>>1076294
Everybody and their mothers knows that particular painting. Everybody who doesn't live under a rock, there is. Hopper is one of the greatest and most iconic American artists and that's just about his most famous work.

>>1076310

>knows painting
>doesnt know name
>obviously isnt hipster enough to know name off top of head

wellfuck.jpg

I swear this board makes an effort not to help people.

>>1076321
Yep.
Being anonymous brings out the worst in people.

>I just don't appeal to painting as much as I do with animation
>appeal to painting

I'm not sure if you appeal to it either, friend.

>>1076281
Aaand this is what im passing in.

>>1076361
You forgot the ant eater.

>>1076099

No opinions, guys?

study
>>1076425
It's pretty weird

>>1076425

>>1076428


that's nice

My apologies for the bad quality.

>>1076425
color is very boring, you just use variation of a single hue per object.

anatomy and proportion is decent, not that great but not bad either. I don't know about that horse though but seems you are drawing pokemon.

the background horizon is so low yet they don't follow the rules of perspective so they looks like giants.

either way keep practicing.

>>1076448
Thanks, man. You helped a lot.

Backalley scene, comments?

I suck at portraits. That's why I had to do this master study.

It's Nathaniel Sichel's "Flower Girl".

Done!

Been drawing for 4 months and a friend entered me into a contest yesterday, needs to be finished by saturday. I'm going to submit a portrait of an lady (no one specific). Final will be on canvas, no computer generated images allowed. Would like to know if i'm doing good/redline

>>1075888
>>1075647
Were these on canvas or on the computer?

>>1076137
I must have that. Selling price or is it no longer yours?

>>1076552
Computer.
Having a drawing tablet and a copy of photoshop helps.

>>1076557
I have cs4, everyone always says to do physical work, though. I was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823100087 and http://www.walmart.com/ip/Genius-G-Pen-F610-Digital-Tablet/9904226

>>1076551
get a reference.

on the other hand your friend it a shit if he enters you without your consent

>>1076564
i have the wacom capture and i like it, never used a tablet before so this is the only experience i have. i should have gotten the connect and saved myself the 30-40 bucks seeing as how i don't bother with the touch or buttons. it beats using a mouse by a long shot in my opinion.

>>1076575
So that looks solid?

Not sure if I'm bugging you too much, but how did you learn? I've been delving into art a bit over the past year or so, but I just can't seem to get better at it.

>>1076570
okay i'll try one with a reference , he's been painting for years now and i recently got into it, so i think he's just trying to push me to get better. but i was a bit mad at first not so much anymore

>>1076564
I'm currently using the a Genius model.Works fine.
People here would recommend the Wacom Bamboo.Still haven't tried them yet.

>>1076584
>them art books
>benjamin

they don't sell any decent artbooks here in PH ;_______;

on the other hand I hate genius their pen needs battery and it's making it heavy.

>>1076578
I haven't been painting for too long see >>1076551
but since i'm a poor fag i saw it as a way to practice without wasting materials. I still draw in a sketchbook but when i'm home it's mostly using the tablet. I think it isn't a bad choice, if you like it you can always upgrade and if not well at least it didn't cost an arm and a leg.

>>1076593
I checked out the connect and capture, I don't think I'd need the shortcut buttons, but what would multitouch be used for, ambidextrous drawing? Not sure if it warrants the $20 difference.

>>1076598
i guess to like rotate images zoom in/ out ect. But i agree it doesn't justify the $20. if it was between the connect and capture, i'd choose the connect.

>>1076570
is this a good reference photo? i don't know what to look for.

>>1076611
anything is good as long as you think it will be useful for your particular work/pose.

>>1076175
(Don't worry, I like to post my work but don't comment much). My style is technically anime inspired, I draw mostly anime characters. But I do know what I'm going for, three different styles I want to perfect. Chibis because, well, they're quicker, simpler, and I always love how they appear when I'm done. A kind of simple style more like in the more cartoony anime, but still trying to pay attention to anatomy and necessary things for quality. And then, as attempted in the sketch, the style that takes the most practice time, semi-realism is what I call it. I don't really want to draw the pictures that look like photographs yet, I figure leave that for the cameras. It's just me trying still to use proper anatomy, proportions, etc, with still some simple non-realistic elements such as somewhat bigger eyes and ears (well, bigger eyes = bigger ears ANYWAY) and less major detail overall. I try to work in every sort of detail I notice in the mirror really.
>The important part:
But depth, depth is the thing I have trouble with and I know it. I can't figure out how to foreshorten or anything that gives even the unrealistic a bit of a real life quality. Any advice, -anyone-, easy to follow references/tutorials, etc?

>>1076729
sorry no shortcut will get you instant pro, even most pros will have problem foreshortening without ref, the best way to learn foreshortening, is by draw by forms,learn cross-sections of the anatomy and of course practice.

Brush practice

And to a lesser extent, anatomy

Work in progress. Besides his awfully crooked nose, is anything else off?

>>1076750
Whoops.

>>1076729
>my style
>mfw

You have no style. Just mistakes.

>>1076751
Is that the guy from White Collar?

There you have, finished.
I finished a watercolor, but you'd be cruel and I am not in a mood for that.

It is!

Fuck, >>1076794 was directed towards >>1076775

what i have so far :P

>>1076730
Ah, I wasn't looking for insta-pro (although I'm certainly eager to get there for my age and level of training), I just wanted good ideas for practice. I should learn to foreshorten basic shapes first though.
>>1076762
Feel free to post your work for comparison, sir.

Jenny Saville please forgive me

>>1076838
The poor thing, she looks so sick.

Did this today in my figure drawing class.
The idea is to use colors to accentuate form. The cool blue pushes back, and the sepia+brown bring forward.

Is this thread dead? Hope someones out there.

>>1076486
so, I decided the stripes kinda looked like shit...

I was inspired by the 6min draw the dinosaur last night.

My first time trying to create anything in paintshop other than ugly doodles.

Cheap webcam ahoy.

random study from ref

>>1076821

It looks really really lopsided. Flip that thing.

>>1075647
Yesterdays boredom, no eraser yes I see the bad shadows.

>>1077031
Stop being so brutal with your outlines. Vary the fuck out of them

>>1076552

on my moleskine

>>1077036

Could you be more specific?

I feel if I committed to the line more it would have worked, I come from a design background where line is everything.

>>1077089

Having a difficult time trying to draw backgrounds and making sure everything is proportional while drawing in Photoshop. Is there anything I can do to help me in my endeavor?

Things tend to go slanted or aren't sized correctly, among other things.

I was linked to a very helpful thread on conceptart.org but never got a chance to bookmark it. I've looked for quite sometime but can't seem to find it again.

>>1077097
slanted, would that be due to the fact that you can't rotate your canvas as easily with tablet/software as you can with paper/canvas?

>>1077092
I'm not the artist, but I am also (still) wondering what you mean.

>>1077103
open the pic and you'll see I've put red squares around the places with harsh lines

>>1077097
Press shift while making lines with the mouse..it wont work with a pen from a tablet..and i think it has horizontal rulers under something like 'view'..haven't used it for a long time so i cant remember exactly..

or just use the line tool and then merge them together and flatten that layer or whatever it's called to use as a guideline

>>1077106
That's just a certain style..if he's going for realistic, then yeah, he needs to focus more on tone..but if it's a partially shaded, partially lined intentionally, then it's fine

i personally think it works..part line and part shading creates a nice effect

>>1077111
I think it sticks out like a sore thumb, to each his own.

>>1077106
I did, and the inclusion of the cheek confused me. But I think I get it.

>>1077100
I think it's a combination. I stopped working on Photoshop due to getting buttfrustrated with myself. When I got back into it suddenly all of my crap is slanted.

I have nothing to say.

Gandalf the dwarf

What are some good coloring practices that I could possibly do that are done on the computer?

>>1077111
The issue is not 'style' or the fact that there are outlines. The issue is that the outlines are poorly done. Not enough variation. Too harsh, too uniform

Tried to do something without references after doing a lot of studies lately. B Pencil.

Meh... Don't know shit about drawing metal (that's an golden apple), hair, fabric, hands (!).

anything else worth pointing out?