Sci-fi stuff. I haven't done anything like this since I was 8 years old but I plan to do a lot more.

The perspective seems kind of wierd, but it looks fine without the colour. I think I just need to tweak that atmospheric perspective.

And don't bother redlining the woman or lecturing me on specific anatomy since it's just a placeholder for now. Any advice on making the scene more interesting is welcome!

>>876699
Wow... You really like layers, huh?

>>876707
Just bumping thread using old artwork.Still a noob then.Now I use about 3 layers for each drawing.

>>876699
>facebook
Get the fuck out.

>>876693

Other sci-fi stuff I've done over the last month. I'm trying to come up with cool aliens that would work as main characters so I am deliberately making them a bit tame. I just don't care about aliens that don't walk on two feet!

>>876714
haha are you kidding me? I thought summer ended months ago. why so summerfag mentality?
Stay retarded, /ic/

>>876699
>internet explorer
No seriously. Get the fuck out.

Practicing expressions because I've definitely stagnated in that regard. This was particularly for expressions that distort the shape of the face.
After a few dozen more sheets I'm going to start including head tilt, then enhancing with perspective and then incorporating the expression with body language, but I think I need a better grasp on the depth of the mouth and eye sockets before working on that.

>>876714
>>876727

>>876699
nothing against facebook, but really, internet explorer...?

>>876731
I got kind of used to it.I do use Chrome or Firefox on my other computers though.

Anyway,less chat,moar drawings.
Maybe I'll stop here and start another piece.

>>876735
Oh, I remember you posting WIPs of this picture. I like it, I really love "messy" drawings/paintings. You hyped me up for some digital painting, gonna fire up Photoshop now.

>>876735
An alternate one.But I dont like it as much though.

>>876736
Thanks.
Glad that I could inspire somebody.

>>876735
A few issues going on here. Her arms aren't doing what is necessary to hold all of the things she has. Her upper arms are too short, her grip on the umbrella is too loose and the arm furthest into the background makes no sense.
The blue totoro is drooping on the left side leading him to be a little bit crooked. The colors are desaturated (which is probably intentional) but still has muddy values (which detracts from the image as a whole and doesn't offer us a focal point.
If you were to put the circular sign in perspective instead of having it flat towards the viewer it would make that section of the image more interesting and remove this giant dark blotch that the eye is drawn to.
Her legs aren't drawn in a way that suggests walking, she looks more like she is standing with one foot behind her. Look at a few references of walking at a calm pace and I'm sure you'll be able to pick up a few of the cues that imply forward motion.
The powerlines in the background are tilted inwards, whether this is intentional or not I don't know but it does seem odd (though I can't quite put my finger on it.

I can't think of much else to say. Hope this was helpful!

>>876740
Wow,that's a really thought out comment.
The powerlines and desaturated colours are intentional.Anything related to the body (gestures,weight,posture,pose,anatomy) is one of my weakness.Glad that /ic/ has shown me some good books by Vilppu and Loomis; still reading and drawing now.I dont understand the 'If you were to put the circular sign in perspective' though.Any help is appreciated.

Thank you for spending some time to write that out.It is really helpful.

>>876741
Yeah, I kind of struggled with the wording for that. What I mean is that instead of having the sign face on, tilt it back towards the vanishing point. Like a more extreme version than the image I've attached. It's just that signs are made to pay attention to, and as this one isn't the focus of the image it distracts the viewer.
As I said, having the image desaturated isn't a problem, but your values (the difference between the light and dark parts of your image) are muddy and grey. Getting more contrast in there will help you distinguish your focal points more easily and lead to a more believable picture.
Also, as things approach the vanishing point they get lighter, you could definitely show this with the powerlines, having the one furthest back be lighter than those in the foreground. I also assume that the powerlines are tilted because they're falling over/dilapidated? I would recommend having them tilting different ways, then in order to create a more disorganized look.

No problem! I woke up three hours early today for some reason so I'm just kind of futzing around on the internet. Glad to have something helpful to do, haha.

>>876745
addendum: although you're going for a desaturated look, it's still not recommended that you shade with just darker and less saturated versions of your main colors. I'm no expert on color theory, etc so here is a link to help you out:
conceptart dot org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

I dunno how /ic/ handles links but I've been banned on other boards for linking to websites so I'm always a bit paranoid, haha.

>>876747
>>876745
Thank you.
I think I should plan the piece out carefully instead of drawing using my intuition.

About the colours,I think I should look more on that.I should also lurk CA more,plenty of useful tutorials there.

Dont worry about the links,I dont think theres any mod here or they are just not active.There's a whole thread with bookmarks and links a few pages back.

Morning sketch, beginner, no ref used.

>>876772
The arms are too thin. The left forearm is too thick. The waist should be a little bit wider for me. When arm moves up, trapezius muscle and clavicle move up too (like in the right arm). Redline included (first time redlinefag here).

>>876782
Oi, why get rid of the classic hourglass shape??

And a tree trunk for an arm?

A quick sketch. I may colour it, i'll see how I feel

>>876782
Still too stiff and torso wobbly.

My take on it... (after some retouching in PS)

From the gesture app, 3 minutes each.

>>876832
god damnit this is awesome

>>876832
>3 minutes each.

>>876832
what gesture app?
http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html?

>>876728
oh girl, lay of that american yaoi webcomic style for a while and do some normal drawings, you make yourself look like just another clone of vert-is-ninja or Makani.
The drawing is good, but this style is just like anime.

>>876875
Sounds like a personal problem.

Don't listen to him.

Got inspired by >>876772
I'd like some critique on this one, and the next I'm gonna post.

...and this. I know you guys don't like manga / anime style but whatever, I'm drawing it for fun. I'd like some tips on how to draw cleavage, as you can see here I pretty much suck at it.

>>876884
Tips for doing cleavage:

Bigger boobs.

Hello. Just a quickie.
If anyone wants to throw me some sknitones i would love it.
Thinking of giving her bright blue eyes. Would pop out gorgeous.

>>876906
The hair is actually pretty well modeled; it gives a good sense of three dimensionality. Work on understanding the structure of the face, and you will be able to more easily apply that same level of modeling. As for skin tones, look to different painters and how they treat facial skin tones. I take a liking to Cezanne's paintings and style, but you could look at just about any other artist to get a good feel for it.

some daggers for my portafolio

>>876906

Some reds, pinks and some colder, saturated colors for the skins. A bit of orange for the hair.

But most importantly, you need to study the actual structure of the face.

>>876927
no...no it is not. It's just all parallel strands with no defined sections or highlights, it's all just mixed in a big huge clusterfuck. Skin is not that yellow. I would find an image of natural skin tones for you but since you are on the internet, I will make you do it yourself. Basically, more red tone, and less saturated.

A Leyendecker study, still can't figure out his brush strokes.

>>876870

No, this one: http://lovecastle.org/gestures/

>>876942
Do you need a close up section? It's easier to see the strokes in this.

>>876944

That is one awesome closeup. Thanks much, anon.

Polite sage.

>>876688
IS THAT SOME MUGI OP?! :D

Todays sketches worth posting. Practicing portraits/faces since those are general bitches to do.

Really been focusing on traditional stuff recently, was nice to have a go at digital again.

>>876942

In a glimpse it reminded me of Leyendecker when I saw the thumb and then I saw the rest of your post, so it's definately recognisable color wise and such.

I love Leyendecker to death, but doing his brush strokes digitally is going to be quite hard because you're really mimicing the effect. I mean, you'd have to.. process those strokes with special edges? to look like Leyendeckers. Instead of the effect coming naturally with the strokes.

You were using Photoshop right? If you are who I think you are... I'm curious if Painter has something that would help

WIP.

Critique the shit out of this. I used a reference for the color and lighting, yes, but I didn't intend for this to look exactly like my ref (the pose was drawn from imagination one day during a boring lecture class). Its ending up like that.....

I especially need help developing a background.
Yeah yeah I know Avatar, all that shit, whatever just critique it without that fact getting in the way if you please!

Oh and I don't know if this makes a difference but the original canvas size is 5451 x 4876.

What do you guys make of this?

>>876963
Makes me think of Yume Nikki

>>876963
>>876963
one more from me

>>876935
>>876927
Cheers for the advise!
Will continue and study, when i get home and have the time!

>>876953
Yes it is!
Please enjoy this Mugi powered thread.

Wheeeeeeeee.

Current WIP I've been messing with. Still got to fix up tones and his surroundings.

>>877003
I imagine that the double-arm pit there in between his lower and upper arms must be really sweaty.

I don't see any sweat-stains, though. What does he do to keep it that way?

Ignore the balls stomach muscles, he is going to have clothes so i didn't bother.

For a local game design group.

>>877012
That's a good point actually! I'll add some stains in and gloss his face with some sweat too. Thanks!

>>876961

Yeah, I know it's silly, but I guess I'm just trying to soak up as many of his tricks as possible, considering the medium. At least until I man up and invest in oils.

I've never actually tried Painter, guess I could give that a go. Thanks for your thoughts.

>>877014
They're called abdominals, motherfucker.

>>876880
nope, no problem with any artist, just a problem with repetitive styles that hinder artistic growth.

>>877025
not that other guy, just wanted to thank you for that gesture drawing tool!

>>876962
awesome rendering but the face is a bit distorted near around the mouth/chin area. also it looks like you should be able to see more of the skin between the nose and her right eye, also the right eye's pupil is not aligned with the other pupil
nice job overall

yueeuuhghh

This is my newest piece! c: yay for practice!

>>877025
Why'd you stop namefagging bro?

>>877055
Yeah, something always did feel off with the nose. I'll get to that. Also I meant to post this as its own thread and didn't realize until now it was in this thread, oh well.

>>877058
This looks great, I love the speedpainting look!

>>877056
Hey, everyone starts somewhere and that face looks better than a lot I've seen in my old 2D art class (the elective that anyone takes). And your handwriting is good to boot.

>>876688

>>877059
try practicing with tools other than dodge and burn, asshole

>>877070
Haters gonna hate.

>>877060

? I never namefagged, bro.

>>877075
Eh, I was certain you were dot/brushcommander. Guess not.

>>877084
Amazing.

moar guize, drawring is interesting (:

>>877059
Listen to this guy here..
>>877070

Using dodge and burn tool excessively isnt going to help you with rendering skills.Study about color theories and apply them to your drawings.Trust me,it would be 10 times better, or you'd regret that you didn't later.

I am getting super bored of working on this. Only details left but I reaaally don't want to do them. Also, I noticed way too late how fucked up that arm is. :\

>>877125
pretty large for a flaccid penis

>>877045

EAT MY ASS BROSIF

Here's my sketch for today :D No references, Jus tried hatching

>>877190
stopped looking when i realized how freaking huge that image is

resize plz

>>877190
Sketch more and do more studies on facial features and their placing.Also,study objects that you intend to draw (the pistol).Search for some reference on the internet to make it more 'real'.Also,resize pic please.
Keep it up.

>>877193
u don't want to see it anyway trust me

>>876962
She looks like she has Cheeto dust all over her face.

oh demn.. Here it is resized

hey man
>>877211
any chance you could help me out?

>>877197
oh god you were right

buuuUUUHhhhh!

>>877132

...I'll admit I don't hang out with many flaccid cocks. How passable is it? is it like, "he's a shower not a grower" large or like, "oh god he's a mutant" large? like he might die if he gets hard or like he's gonna make people feel bad about themselves?

First thing I've drawn in months. Completely unmotivated to do anything art related. Can't draw anything interesting without a reference, and even then it feels more like copying rather than just using it as an aid. I don' even learn anything from it. Kinda stopped caring about art, though it does feel kinda shitty to spend so much time for the past 19 years of my life doing this bullshit for nothing.

Whatever, I suppose. It's not as if I can afford to do anything else I'm interested.

>>877223
both his penis and balls are too large in a wrong kind of way

>>876996
Continuing.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>877232
Yo, there's already a guy on /ic/.

>>877241
i know, and i aspire to be like him

>>877244
Good luck

>>877244
like her
guy is a woman

>>877244
maybe you are really guy

hour long color study in cs4

>>877256
man....
I have to say and sorry for the sincerity
Good as thumbnail but AWFUL on real dimension

>>877261
Maybe he should refine it a bit more.Too rough.

>>876884
baka, do it like this

>>877305
nice redline broski

My first photoshop drawing ever

Character for a game.

>>877305
Yes my imouto..

video game fan art~

>>877326
I like it.The way you painted the armor.The shinguard is nicely done,how it reflects the surface of the sand.The colouring overall is nice too.However,the neck is probably too long,and her shoulders looks kinda wonky.Only my opinion thogh;not an expert on anatomy.Lastly, I hope you would define the hands more rather than making it look like she's wearing boxing gloves.

>>877326
Her rod looks broken. Planes on the left part and the right part are different.

tried to fix a few of the issues
I've been poking at this for a while now and don't wanna spend too long on it

Beginner I guess.
tips - redline would be very appreciated. More so proportions, muscle placement.

>>877333
Doesn't mean you should rush into fixing this. Too much time on one piece is never good.

>>877333

arms too short, hands to small. nice otherwise though.

>>877335
ah, I misunderstood what you meant before.

>>877334

>>877339
Don't make it LEAN back. That makes the figure look unbalanced. You always want to have a straightish line between the character's esophagus and where they're applying their weight.

>>877339
The neck's still far too long in that redline and the trapezius is far too small for that muscular build.

Errr...

>>877350
Hmm...

>>877333

Is that Lux? :]

I drew an elephant.

steadman ftw.

>>877361
VISUAL CLUTTER
Ear of the elephant is barley visible against his body, Steadman imitation sinks into unreadable chaos and meaning is unclear (unlike Steadman). If that thing is supposed to sit on a heap of chaos, make it at least look like chaos and not something where the viewer isn't sure if the artist wanted to show something or not.

>>877363
Er yeah I think you think I take this a little more seriously than I do, I just liked the colours. I apologise I haven't met your levels of satisfaction

>>877364
it's called critique
never heard of it? Doesn't surprise me.

>>877358
yeop

>>877367
~final version~
gotta stop poking at it

>>877319
Got help from an anon in teh IRC.

>>877375
here is the one I did super fast

>>877377
Ear too far from where it's supposed to be.
(His) Right eye too small

>>877377
I forgot to mention that he is only 11-12 years old, I like your drawing, but he looks like he's 16-19

>>877370

Arms are waaaaaay too small.

>>876772 here

Another sketch. Akuma, Gouki, or whatever...

>>876875
I don't really consider myself to have a style yet; although I do really enjoy and respect Vert-is-Ninja and Makani's works a lot, I don't really draw influence from them (except, perhaps, in how they essentialize their lines). I am still working considerably at getting down the basics of anatomy, perspective, setting, color, foreshortening, yadda yadda. This is just kind of the point where I am in my art. Eventually I may begin developing a style but I feel like that won't come up for a while, haha.
As it stands, yesterday I did about 7 or so pages of pure anatomical sketching and gesture work and today I'm going to do that + perspective work.
And so while I appreciate your comment, I guarantee I'm working on it. :3

Don't have any more digital work yet, so you get BEEEES. Drawn in ~3 minutes, reffed.

>>877395
gogogo with those anatomical sketches!

I didn't know Vert-is-Ninjas stuff from my head so I noticed that she is a tad bit more cartoony, but the resemblance to Makunu is very close (not only expression-wise but also characterdesignwise, girl with elbow in face looks like her take on female Heavy. Tumblr is down so I can't give proof). That's all no problem, just be aware of this and ask yourself if you want this.

>>876728
do this silly.

Quick practice. 5 minutes each. Still learning, beginner etc. but I'd love some critique.

>>877396
Ahaha, I know her take on fem-heavy. I've drawn her version several times +spoken with Makani about her design. Not to mention the girl with the elbow in her face is my take on fem-heavy.

Pic related, although not mine. A friend of mine drew our three fem-heavies together. Hers on the left, Makani's in the middle, and mine on the right.

I don't really see the resemblance between my character and Conrad either. With the exception of the fact that he has dark hair (styled differently) and glasses, mine is more angular, emaciated, and has a completely different personality.
I say these things not to be defensive, as I'm sure that your comments were benevolent, but simply as a response. I do want to eventually develop into my own style but as I said, I don't consider myself as having a style yet.

>>877397
I am planning on doing that soon! But first I want to tamp down some issues I have with specific features of the face that I mentioned (the orbit/socket of the eye, depth and placement of the mouth and teeth)

laptop with old ass bamboo tablet

Cleaning up for portfolio, does this count?

>>877445
More stuff.

>>877448
Another.

>>877450
Pencil sketches from here on.

Just scanned these in, gonna try and clean the grainy parts off.

>>877450
>>877445
etc.

looks fine, but a bit blurry. I don't know if it's my screen, but try the photoshop filter "unsharpen mask" and see what happens

>>877458
Probably because I just crammed the stuff into a single page, but I'll give it a go. Thanks for the idea!

Assorted stuff for visual development class.

Almost to the last one.

Last one, live drawings and some guestures.

>>877261
That's typically what you get with an hour to work on it. Will make it smaller next time so you don't get mad

finally an SP that looks kinda like me!!!

WIP of a painting I'm working on. It's actually my first digital painting.

>>877489

Proportions man proportions, put down photoshop and crack open your sketchbook with a pencil.

phu...ages since i spent so much time in a picture.
not finished though...

>>877527
Really nice. Is there a bigger resolution?

>>877535
thanks, yes there is

just got back from drawing at the mindblowing gerome show in paris

>>877564
I'm not the best artist but damn that's awesome...

old work
life painting
a paper for my tobacco

>>877609

how stupid i was
forgot to bump the shit

here once again

>>877610

and now the tobacco

im awesome

smoking is bad for your health, lads

>>877654

cant stop it, lads

animal guys?

>>877675
Fuckin penguins.You are awesome bro.
Anyways,the contrast between the blurred surface of the sand and the section that has not been blurred is kinda distracting.Also, I feel sad for the poor fella because he was born without friggin' eyes!
Otherwise,keep it up.

Guess who

mmmmm frank furter

>>877790

>>877790
frank furter practice

planning on making a poster of this...

I had to take a photo because I don't have access to my scanner atm. The drawing looks MUCH MUCH better in person, and the shading has much more depth to it.

Anyone got ideas for the background? I can't just leave the figure in white space...

Just finished the shading.

Doushiyou ~

>>877814
Awesome.

>>877814
she has a huge manly face and the crevice in her stomach looks like a wound

behind her put a pile of shit to represent your talent

>>877866
I kindly disagree.

>>877847
Pretty good, but that arm looks weird.

Not finished obviously

>>877887
You should start over... There's some fundamental mistakes in anatomy and perspective. You'll waste your time polishing this turd.

>>877887
Your Batman,his body reminds me of Rob Liefeld; and that is a really bad thing.Redo it.

herp derpin' with markers

>>877903
>HERP.
I love this character. Face is too 2-dimensional - crown and eye seem squashed.

something i started a couple of days ago, not sure what to do with it now. take it further or no?

i hurrpt

self portrait need more shading and texture

>>878001
i dont consider myself an experienced artist or something, especially not digitally, but one thing id say is that it looks like you should use another layer for the constructional components, such as the sphere or the axes, next time. erasing it out afterwards is much more work and more likely to see i guess

>>877967

Try doing something of your own. Don't just emulate Ashley Wood.

workin on it

yo ic, 16 y/o looking for some redlines.

>>878026
Usually age doesn't matter.
But if you insist it's quite a shame for 16 years.

>>878073
nice redline, but that comment was unnecessary (and completely unbased, so cant even count as actual "critique"). at least hes trying to learn and doesnt draw alien manga faces.

also: no im not the guy

>>878078
i think he meant that the guy spent 16 years doing nothing (not drawing). 16 years of experience - that's alot

He was expecting redline person to spare him since he's quite young. Don't like that.

Well, not spare me, i guess its just my own way of denying i suck,i do suck however, nice redline, i like the left leg more the way you did it, i tried to make the weight lean towards that leg.

>>878091
I suggest using a reference thats doing a similar pose next time, and getting a feel of what a person looks like in a pose like that.

Alright, will keep it mind. i also have a huge ass anatomy book lying somewhere, should probably start looking into that.

in mind*.

tips/redlines?

>>877669
>>877671
>>877675
These are very nice! I'd love to see one with the detail defined a little more concretely, the penguin
one is a tad simplistic to be honest.

>>877680
Daww

>>877786
Your drawing technique looks like those smudgy pencil drawings you always see. Why don't you block in in with more contrast and blend it down from there? It seems to lack a little shape.

>>877814
Very well executed. As for background I would go with some low key foliage.

>>877887
I think you started painting too early. Throw that layer away and start working on your lineart more. I suggest you keep in mind drawing in space and really polish up on your construction. Good attempt so far!

>>877903
That's rad.

>>877967
By all means go on with it. But it's up to how you feel about it ultimately which will lead to you either saving it and never working on it again or actually finishing it.

>>877969
Use cats as reference!

>>878078
Hey! ;_;

>>878108
Let me guess. You're one of those types from CA, that answers to EVERY-FUCKING-ONE in threads like CoW and ChoW?

>>878115
no way he's too shitty to be on ca

>>877847
Hm... well, I think that made the face like... too small, her face is supposed to be long. I think the eyes should be moved down (esp the left eye), but the way the nose is moved up looks odd...

>>877969
Thanks for the redline!

>>877874
Yeah, the arm does look weird, its unfinished and I need to get my friend to pose to fix it.

>>878115
>>878120
finally someone gets some talking going. im glad about reading some more opinions here other than the usual /ic/ comment variation between
>i came
or
>thats crap. not even worth a critique (SAGE HURR)

this board is frequented by too many bitter people (or manages to make people bitter when they come here for some reason), so its quite nice to read the occasional friendly comment every once in a while...

>>878120
You jelly because you can't kawaii like me?

Any constructive criticism is appreciated, anyhow.

So I was asked by my girlfriend to draw her.

DAT BAD ART AND SOMEHOW NON-PISSED GIRLFRIEND

>>878026
aight I/C im back, did a drawing of a face, but im very shit at knowing where the shadows should be on the face, furthermore, it might look retarded to you. just point anything out, trying to improve :) might try and see if i can colour this afterwards, found a pretty nice tutorial. so before i go on with trying to correct myself, please point out stuff! :D thanks.

>>878201
>i/c

started on this today
What else should i do to it????

Reconstructed the umbrella in a different angle.

>>878205
Needs so much more contrast...

crow in a fedora and a tie?
if coloured red iris with black cornera?

<--- forever relevant

>>878264
Good evening sir.This is a draw thread;a thread where you post your drawings.Tits are relevant,if you drew it yourself.

Also,please refrain from requesting anything from /ic/.$$$ or GTFO.

Thank you.

wot

i havent drawn seriously in year im pretty good, just dusted off my tablet, whats a good program to use now? before it was corel (sp?) and photoshop

>>878338
years*

>>878338
>im pretty good

We shall be the judge for that, not you.

>>878347
lol kid, i dont go online looking for approval from random nobodies

>>877111
Please, there's nothing wrong with dodge and burn!