I'm going to be honest. I care DEEPLY about social media engagement when it comes to my art. As far as I'm concerned, if my work doesn't get enough likes, it's bad art.Yes, I draw for cloutYes, I draw for followersYes, I draw for approval and validationWhy the fuck else would I even bother posting anything online?
>>7155922I don't need to cope. you cope.
The only metric I care about is the kind of booru my shit ends up in.Any rando can drop a like when scrolling but if you end up on the kind of booru that isn't so full of weebs they'll ban whitey's art on sight it means>one guy liked your art enough to take five minutes to look for a higher quality version, get off Twitter/IG, log in to his virtual gooncave and post it there>or at least write your handle in his bot's list>their jannies thought it was good enough to stay up>I don't know how many reports it takes to get pics removed from those places but fewer than this many people thought your art was so shit it had no place on their virtual holy altar of japanese pornographic cartoons
>>7155343>if my work doesn't get enough likes, it's bad art.Plenty of pro tier artworks getting less than 10 likes on Instagram and we all know that the algorithm is pay to win. >Either you pay for ads or you're buried.
>>7155343keep in mind that people are stupid and popular things are generally stupid
>>7155915>I care NOTHING about social media engagement when it comes to my art. As far as I'm concerned, if my work gets enough likes, it's bad art. slop for the masses>Yes, I draw for meditation>Yes, I draw for growth>Yes, I draw for funThis is the real issue, not taking it seriously enuff
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>>7155301Holy. moly. I am honoured you liked the idea so much you turned it into a flash game :3 I saw the animation too. It's great!
Hello fellow coomers.How do you usually come up with a good lewd outfit for your characters? Especially when it needs t be semi-believable and still leaving pussy/ass/tits in the open.
>>7155551can't go wrong with a skirt and vest ;)
>>7154902You do you. Though personally I think you have gone the same way Tradd Moore did - his latest works are so stylized they don't read as a comic book but more like some kind of fresco. And while I can appreciate the skill needed to do them I think that's a mistake as you kinda lose the flow of the story due to it. You have a similar problem with your figures barely reading as people. And combining that with nudity? Seems kinda self defeating.
I love drawing porn for niche indie games
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>>7155196so?
how do you grind composition?
>>7153952It's still something I'm trying to figure out myself, but I think it has more to do with the way you mentally/emotionally approach drawing in that moment. When I'm feeling frustrated, when I'm in the mindset that if I just push harder trying to make my drawing better, that's when my drawings turn out stiff, overworked, and I don't learn too much. But when I find that sweet spot, something clicks and I feel like I'm drawing from the heart, like my pencil is skating on ice of its own will. Drawing is fun again! I'm surprised that I could make something so good. My drawing uses shapes I don't normally use. Maybe it's about letting go of internal judgement and the expectation of making something perfect. Save the judgement for afterwards. Drawing from unrestrained feeling, not mechanical rules.
>>7154854You can bind a shortcut to "Mirror View" in the keyboard shortcuts preferences. Mirror functions in the View menu will flip the image only temporarily, functions in the Image menu will save the mirroring to the file.
>>7155972composition studies!
No /TRAD/ general? Aight, this will be the trad general. Post your recent trad artworks/WIPs in this thread.I will begin. Will really appreciate critiques.
>>7155610>What is an oil base?It's a coat of paint containing oil. Modern versions often rely on alkyds, but you still have some lead-based.You can actually spread a thin layer of oil over the base or before starting any layer: that's called oiling out, and has benefits. It won't necessarily break the fat over lean rule.Anon, if you want to do oil, start painting, don't worry too much. If you want to get technical details, experiment, and grab a book or two. It's a complex topic, you're bound to have many questions.
>>7155875Interesting, I didn't know you could oil out at the start, I'll have to mess around with that someday. Appreciate the explanation anon. And yeah I'm not worrying about the rules too much (not like anything I paint is gonna be worth preserving) but it's nice to learn stuff.
>>7155918Yes you can, it'll help the paint flow a little more, and help with the swiping. If you're painting alla prima, there's absolutely no worry. Otherwise, you just have to make sure the next layer has more oil / slower drying pigments.
>>7130426>>7142763>>7126199>>7127379bumping for updates
>>7155455Can you name a painter that uses or recommends acrylic primed surfaces with oil? I don't see any advantages. >>7155610As the other anon said, oil grounds are less absorbent than acrylic. Your initial washes will sink in much less on oil. If you're going to use oils a lot you should buy some oil primed panels or cover one you already have with oil primer just to see the difference. It's very noticable.
Why you should not trust youtube shills:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1WEYF8rlAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twy5Wo8m284Do not read anything into pressure levels. 1024 is more than enough.If you have any additional questions, ask them.Remember to ignore all chinese shills.Recommended tablets:>Screenless:Intuos 3, 4, 5, Pro, One by Wacom>Display:Small (10-11"): Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 LiteComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I have a 27" 16:9 monitor but my drawing tablet is a Wacom Intuos Draw (it's the same size as Intuos small), should I wait till I can buy a bigger tablet or can I use this one?
>>7154754>Wacom Intuos Pro L>311 x 216 mm active area>~1.44>16:10>1.6No it doesn't.
>>7155958Drawing is better than not drawing, but once you can afford a bigger tablet, get one. Yours is microscopic, and the bigger the size difference to your monitor, the harder it is to use.
>>7155969atm I'm drawing traditionally, I'm practicing fundies and doing loomis.Should I keep drawing on paper until I can buy bigger tablet?
>>7156005Just keep drawing on paper then. You're putting off the adjustment period of drawing on a tablet for later, but the exchange is worth it if you can draw more comfortably right now.
Digital art is ugly slop. At best it looks like concept art for a video game and usually it just drips with a stale soullessness that makes it repellant to all normal minded people.I would not feel proud of showing any digital ""painting"" to friends or family. I would feel slightly embarrassed by it. I would show friends and family significantly lower skill traditional paintings.There is something inherently disgusting about the idea of a man slouched in front of a computer or tablet and manipulating pixels on a screen when compared to working with real pigments, real materials, etc. All digital art feels like it was made by an autistic person.
>>7155774LEDs exist in reality. They sting my eyes when they are too bright. agreed on the complexity thing, the lack of options for styluses is sad. I don't feel that much different when I draw digitally or draw with a pen. many digital drawings have more soul than many traditional drawings.
the only good digital art comes from artists who spent 10 years working traditional and then switched over. Even then a lot of the spontaneity is lost. Everyone who starts out digital develops the same rendering techniques and its always slop.
cant wait for the digital "artist" cope in this thread
>>7155884lol cope? even digital artists know their craft is dead. what options will be for them in the future other than prompting with AI and fixing or tracing over it. a lot of them will refuse to do it but the next future of "digital artists" will certainly use AI instead of wasting time learning art. digital art was already cheap enough but it's been infinitely cheapened more so now
>>7155774zased... so fucking based
It's about high time I changed mine
Run_tigger_run!
>>7155734gmi, poster of works
>>7155734troonin' goonin'
>>7155734lil dicky
>>7155734Date Hykes
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>>7155491"s m h" becomes desu and "s o y" becomes onions
>>7155494Thanks, anon!!! I was working off a ref, but it’s tricky to shade markers (but maybe this is a wakeup call for me to do more dedicated studies again). Also the artist was Naoko Takeuchi… nabbed her latest art book and really enjoyed how she threw beads and glitter on her work while making it look good!!!
Mikey is so based. His hips are perfect for studying.
>>7153911He should've owned up to it, zoom in on the reference snd shit like yeah this is just business. The fact that he acted so ashamed made it worse
>>7153959he knows his public, plus blacked is kinda niche and not well accepted on mainstream
>>7153931>captured4.pnguugh.
Any of you fuckers actually work with any publishing? Kinda how you do with normal comic publishers?Is that even an option? I just want to get freelance work and I like to draw porn
>>7152685>he does NSFWHe probably makes some for his own coom art, but I've never heard of anything public
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Trying to improve, feel like im at an awkward stage in development
Redesigning an OC
>>7154942Civilian edit. It’s tricky to draw backgrounds in trad :/
Back study + mermayAss shading looks off, but markers are tricky :c
going from trad to digital, still cant color things properly
Why is it so rare to see art where something is actually happening like pic related, instead of some character striking a pose (and looking at the camera)? Art is supposed to capture a moment, not emulate a photoshoot.
>>7155463He already did. Did you reply to the wrong post?
>>7154957 #I like light novels for this reason but it sucks illustrations are seen as kiddie. Probably because publishing houses want to save money just like when Tor got caught using AI art for a cover.
>>7154809My problem is I don't feel like spending 9 hours for 3k likes and 200 retweets. Or 100k likes and 3k retweets. Because either way you're just a moment on a timeline, and there's always another You below you waiting for their 3 seconds. Even if it touched someone, it's not a moment that endures. >Oh wow this is amazing2 weeks later you aren't even in the rear view mirror of their deepest thoughts. You happened, and for what? It's rewarding to look at art like this, it's just not as rewarding to make it
>>7154957>It's because art is "content" now instead of something with depth and value.Oh, come on. As if pinups and portraits haven't existed for hundreds of years
There are Portraits, a pose looking at the camera, and there is Illustration, portraying a scene from some story,defining the world through details.
>What's a webtoon?Webtoon is the ancient Korean art of scrolling comics. Instead of traditional manga/comic pages, panels are spread out individually for easier reading on cell phones.>So they're just spliced manga/comic pages?You can do that if you want, but they're fundamentally different for a few reasons. For example, panels tend to be drawn longer to fit phone screens, and traditional 2-page spreads are not possible to fit in scrolling format.>Are there standard page sizes?Technically yes, but it depends on which platform you post in. Naver Webtoons uses800x1280px, but the site automatically splices & resizes images anyway.>Do I have to make it in color?If you want subscribers, yes.>Why would I make one?To be rich & famous, of course. All jokes aside, the pay is low if you're lucky enough to get hired in the first place, the deadlines are more brutal than the manga industry, and the average reader age floats around 11. But as a novel medium with a growing industry, it may still be worthwhile enough for you to experiment.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>7155605Mangaplus for the monthly rankings
>>7155605it depends what you want to achieve.if it's just to advertise yourself, post it everywhere.
>>7153622>literally call it "young hoodlum">white female black maleYou'll make it far on /pol/ or /gif/
>>7152565I think it's fine, it really depends on how fast you are, being really slow myself I think that is the correct amount of detail if you want to update somewhat regularly.>>7151081I've tried a lot of different ways to get references: pinterest, taking photos, gmod, magic poser, design doll. Right now I'm using poseit for android, and it's the best one I've used so far.>>7149607Do you post your comic somewhere?>What got you into comic making?Reading 20th century boys>>7152110Most readers on webtoon are young, so definitely you'll get more eyes looking at you. >but what are they even into anyways?I guess the same things adults are into, but more friendly faced and with less swearing.
>>7155852there is an exploitation factor there for sure.
post your best cube, if you haven't mastered the cube you will never be a good artist
>>7155859I guess this was the last time I drew pure cubes.
ok
Here we go
Why is this board so obsessed with boxes
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>>7155866To be fair, the head pose in the ref is quite tricky. You're doing nothing wrong, on the contrary, you are DOING IT, wich is the only way to DO anything at all.Start with a grid. Any kinda grid will be good as a start. You need a frame to get the shape and proportions right. That's all. Then you'll have to keep at it, grinding non-stop till things start to click on your head.
>>7155887i am having fun
>>7155887needs to be rotated
wtf is he even trying to say?"I feel compelled to draw the problem version, but it's not my fault! pls don't cancel me!"??
you're retarded
>>7155635He's playing around with style and talking about how he's inconsistent with it. What's the issue? That he politely told the twitter freaks that he enjoys drawing balloon tits and to fuck off?
>>7155700I guess he's just canadian, so he can't express himself without sounding like a faggot.
>>7155635>>7155639I read this as "the left is how I naturally draw (without thinking), but the right is how I wish I drew. "
>>7155635>wtf is he even trying to say?He wishes to develop a certain style, yet he isn't consistent with it, so he feels as if little progress is made.
