#art-discussion-and-wip

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jaunty python
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isn’t that sort of a perspective shot?

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or at least, it looks a bit like one to me

lament stump
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thanks

dusky trail
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it just a "zoom in to highschool girl's legs for no reason" shot

plain bane
jaunty python
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leg fetish A_HuOmegaLOL

dusky trail
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it is a quite common shot in all-girl anime

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along with the "char woke up and start dress up" in the first few mins of ep 1

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well, time to clean up and adjust some skindentation

shadow nebula
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the sketch isn't bad just round the shoulders more and add some more muscle mass to the shins. Its okay to trace my fix of it for help

lament stump
ruby yoke
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phew it's done wwww
gonna color it later.
I just put the hair color so I will not confuse doin the coloring.

dusky trail
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why is she feeling both of her armpit

ruby yoke
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dunno

lament stump
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mabye the calf still need to be a little chunkier

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okay and shoulders still ain't right

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damn

potent mason
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those shoulder bumps are already too big

lament stump
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hm

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still too big

potent mason
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just make the bump look natural

dusky trail
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saggy

lament stump
lament stump
lament stump
potent mason
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ye thats fine now

shadow nebula
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its looking better. You can move onto whatever your next step is. Trying to get the perfect shapes and lines won't happen since you're a beginner, you need to build up muscle memory and an eye for such things

latent sedge
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Bronya & Raven with MGS 2 pose

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close enough ?

shadow nebula
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close enough but if you want to get it closer have the blue figure bend forward more

latent sedge
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Alright, Raven one doesn't seems close enough

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thanks

dusky trail
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Raven would be a lot bigger as she is taller than Bronie anyway

lone wagon
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.

plain bane
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Man radiosilence here huh

hardy yew
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pretty much

full solstice
hardy yew
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maybe its a busy day who knows

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i havent had time to draw in a week since school started

jaunty python
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i'm drawing a honkai oc that's supposed to be another member of WS
the honkai genes that make her a MANTIS are supposed to be a dragon looking thing - specifically a serpent you'd commonly see in chinese mythology, but benares doesn't fit that sort of dragon archetype
so like
what do i do MeiStare

dusky trail
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nah we are all here, just lurking around

jaunty python
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i mean some honkai beasts are based off of irl things... right?
so i could just bullshit my way and say [insert new honkai beast] is based off of [insert dragon here]

potent mason
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👀

marble pelican
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my day starts with ...

dusky trail
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why is she holding a handheld fan

fierce snow
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Maybe the day is hot

marble pelican
potent mason
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😮

marble pelican
grave nymph
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Why do you guys do this to me, to the point my other friends in other server’s bullying me :”D

potent mason
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lol, we arent bullying you, we adore you

grave nymph
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yeah, yeah, adore huh

potent mason
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how can we hate someone who likes Seele?

opaque blaze
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Yes, I make good decisions in my downtime at work

grave nymph
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clown

opaque blaze
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Jester lol

grave nymph
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o

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right

opaque blaze
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This is my Clown lady

grave nymph
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there’s another word for it

potent mason
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i've always wondered whats the difference between the two

opaque blaze
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The hat maybe

grave nymph
opaque blaze
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Idk tbh

grave nymph
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time to search the dictionary

opaque blaze
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Except she’s wearing short shorts and enough ruffles to make a princess blush

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With more bells than a certifiably insane feline

marble pelican
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finnal result

grave nymph
dusky trail
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the only thing left of you

hybrid kernel
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Gonna make this into digital art once I finish the sketch (I’m not that good with hands ; - ; )

grave nymph
potent mason
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heh reminds me back when i also use paper n pencil as sketch then scan them to be digitalized

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it felt more comfy using pencil n paper to do the sketch then i just lineart and color it using my drawing tablet

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it was the Veikk a40 before, good ol' times

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gave it to my niece coz shes pursuing art at a very young age now

lone wagon
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I had an awful day yestetday that's why wasn't talking. But it's off topic so I won't tell yall.

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I never did the scans

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I was too lazy

lament stump
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I didn't talk cuz i was frustrated about how my stupid face turned out in the sketch process

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I gotta draw the snake girl soon

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I'll go for full body drawing

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I will do the feet 1st time in my life :O

lament stump
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Scanning a sketch

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Interesting

potent mason
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If you don't have a scanner you can also just picture it

lament stump
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How do people do this

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I'm fucking shocked

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This is beyond belief that someone can color like that

grave nymph
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realist artists

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or something

lament stump
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Makes me wanna become one

lament stump
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Okay

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Never mind then

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Anime girls are cool too

dusky trail
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he just draw to make it look like real people there

lament stump
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Btw pixiv sucks, only way for ppl to view your art is for it to be super good

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No way to promote it

dusky trail
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tag, just put a lot of tag in

lament stump
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Sadge :(

lament stump
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Difference is

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I got 40 views on pixiv and 300 on deviant

dusky trail
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then you probably only put eng tag instead of jap tag too

lament stump
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Cuz devi has groups

lament stump
dusky trail
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well ya, deviant art is a good spot to promote your stuff

lament stump
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Japanese *

dusky trail
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you can literally found bunch of groups then post the same art over and over

lament stump
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Yea lol

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That's how i got 300 views lol

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0 FOLLOWERS THO

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I even got 14 on pixiv but on deviant not even a single one

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:(

dusky trail
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it is something you build up slowly

shadow nebula
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saying its finished but its not 🙃

lone wagon
# lament stump

It reminds me of shal. E art mixed with a little bit of WLOP

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Shal E

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WLOP

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Love watching their speedpaint on yt

dusky trail
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WLOP seem quite popular with music youtuber nowday

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so many just used his art for cover lol

lament stump
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Your finished a drawing :)

potent mason
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hahahah

dusky trail
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tasty enough

marble pelican
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doremy!

solid glade
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@dusky trail I FINISHED IT
THANKS FOR ALL THE ADVICE

dusky trail
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good work

grave nymph
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otsu~

fiery lantern
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IT LOOKS SO GOOD 😻

lament stump
dusky trail
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when you actually "finish" something

lament stump
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What is that supposed to meannnnn

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I have mabye rushed eula a little cuz i got annoyed with her

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BUT

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I would say she was finished

dusky trail
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hmm should have turn her to the side more so i can draw her belly button

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oh well

grave nymph
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boing boing

dusky trail
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now i still need to make variant

plucky bobcat
lusty hazel
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elysia with no cape got me feeling like

haughty night
dusky trail
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the power of artist to remove clothe piece strike again

solid junco
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@civic gyro what vrchat world is that

civic gyro
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sussy genshin avatars 0.9

solid junco
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thank

lament stump
# dusky trail

Who in the world stretches with their arm bent like that

full solstice
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its a pretty normal stretch actually

dusky trail
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because it clearly not a stretch, just her showing her armpit for no reason

lament stump
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that part felt weird but now that i did it my self

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not that weird

dusky trail
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Akicar clearly still trying to learn human function

hardy yew
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i did it myself and it feels uncomfy

lament stump
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DO GESTURE PRACTICE

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THEY SAID

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IT'S GONNA BE EASY THEY SAID

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i made a fucking zombie out of chernobyl

dusky trail
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try to get a proper frame before you start drawing that kind of thing

lament stump
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what's a problem frame

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oh

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proper

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damn wtf i can't read

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someone on yt said to like try and do this as a practice without anything, just clean paper

dusky trail
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that would be quite impossible for you to just eyeball the lineart

lament stump
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isn't that gesure practice?

dusky trail
lament stump
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i did study japanese for a long time btw

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okayy I'll do thatttt

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but this was fun so I'm gonna eyeball one more girl

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:)

dusky trail
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try to practice bodyshape first before you start trying gesture practice

lament stump
lament stump
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so sticks and circles

dusky trail
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some use box, some use stick, some use shape

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use whatever style you want

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as long it form a balance frame

lament stump
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ty

shadow nebula
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Gesture drawings are for beginners but you keep doing it through your art career so keep doing them @lament stump. Its meant to teach you the very basics and to start developing your eye and teach you to make confident strokes. Most art teachers will have you start there along with learning basic shapes like spheres, cubes, pyramids, cylinders. Eventually you’ll have to learn to use those shapes to figure out the very basics of what makes a human figure and then you’ll go into more complicated things.

dusky trail
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too long, short it down for him

shadow nebula
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He’s not illiterate

lament stump
lament stump
dusky trail
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well it best for you to get the shape right first since your draw still have calf and arms way too smaller than the body and head

lament stump
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now i need to be quick

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how long till snake girl relise?

dusky trail
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maybe in 3 weeks

lament stump
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oh shit

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can I do a full body drawing in 3 weeks

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hmmmmmmmm

whole cloak
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It’s possible but I think the big thing slowing you down is your refusal to rough sketch and line on top of it

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rough sketches are quick but because they’re quick they help capture the feeling you want and get the picture in your mind onto a canvas
anatomy and such can be fixed in later sketches

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basically lining won’t take as long if you know what you’re going for

lament stump
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well I just steal body poses so i always know what I'm going for

dusky trail
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even coping pose, you still need to get a good frame for it

whole cloak
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but do you break them down into shapes in your head that show what’s actually there, or do you try to draw it the way you think you see it

lament stump
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okay you art freaks I'll use circles and boxes and cubes and stuff

whole cloak
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try rounded out things
actually try tracing the shapes of some pose references, it helps a lot

hardy yew
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yeah what i see a lot often is beginner artists often think diving straight into lining is the best idea but then it looks funky later on Sweat

dusky trail
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well skipping step just gonna make it harder for you to balance thing out

lament stump
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k going for this pose

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i just make it out of shapes 1st?

dusky trail
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that pose not gonna work on Mobius

lament stump
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why?

dusky trail
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long dress all the way down to her feet

lament stump
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holy fuck what is that outfit

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do you want me to die?

shadow nebula
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Yes, find what shapes make up the body. Also since it seems like you actually want to learn anatomy I’d advise against learning from anime art since you’re not actually learning the human form

dusky trail
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so ya, her legs are quite tight pack in there

lament stump
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wait her legs can't be seperated?

hardy yew
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itd just look kinda funky

dusky trail
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it is not about it can't be separated, it just a tight dress

lament stump
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how does that girl walk

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okay I'm going to her kness again but this time i do have a good excusse

dusky trail
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it is that suit case near by do all the walking for her

lament stump
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she sounds so scary

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I'm scared now

dusky trail
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she just excited to find new thing

lament stump
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I'M SCAREDDDDDDDDD

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and her voice

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bloody creepy

dusky trail
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so cute

hardy yew
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ngl i thought her voice just sounded like higher pitched echo elysia

lament stump
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can this work

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or her legs still need to be more together

dusky trail
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it is a really tight dress to make her more snake like

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just look around there for reference

lament stump
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drawing half body seems more and more fun

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k

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found it

whole cloak
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The hips on that ref look off

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and the hand and ankles for that matter

dusky trail
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the wrist and ankles sure look thin

whole cloak
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face has weirdly protruding cheekbones too
tiny ear

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small head

lament stump
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nice thing that I'm not tracing over it so i can fix thoes things up

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very cool

lone wagon
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done the second one

solemn raven
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ah that lineart looks so clean !!

lament stump
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hanami you have out done your self

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that looks amazing

lone wagon
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Thank you so much

whole cloak
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@lament stump
break the torso into ribcage and abdomen
Break hip area into hip, fat/muscle area, and thigh

lament stump
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okay ty

full solstice
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the leg feels a little off here

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calves arent normally that sharp

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same goes for teh other side as well

hardy yew
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Oh oki ty

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Anything else?

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Also @full solstice sorry for the ping but could you show me exactly how to fix that? Like with a red line over my drawing-

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It looks longer bcs of the pose

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The left leg is more bended forward

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The right one is straighter

lament stump
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the head is too small

hardy yew
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To me it feels right- how big does it have to be?

lament stump
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idk if that outfit makes her body look big or the body is actually big and the head needs to be bigger as well

hardy yew
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I think it might be the outfit but idk

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Yes its the outfit i made the shoulder parts of it looser which lead to the armor part to be further away making the body more bulky

hardy yew
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Ok ok you're right my anatomy is sh!t my apologies for still being in learning phase

lament stump
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yo no worrys

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same

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I'm their child here

lone wagon
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They point them out to help. No bad intentions.

lament stump
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hanami over here sucks in shading but we okay with it

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jk

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mabye KianaSuggestive

lone wagon
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It's true I'm not so good with colouring.

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I love this channel because people here are brave enough to give critique.

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Tried joining other art servers and no one tries to give critique

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They straight up just say its good when you know it's not and when you ask they're like

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Nah its fine

whole cloak
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everyone’s in learning phase, we all are just at different places
We do a ton of art critiquing here and sometimes we come off as blunt so sorry about that

lament stump
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the head still weird af

whole cloak
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critique pls

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pose looks stiff how do I fix it

lament stump
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Not rly crit more of an idea, straighten the left leg and bend his chest a lil more

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But that's probably not a position you going for so no idea

whole cloak
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Is this better
they’re a she, it’s supposed to be HoS hua

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the back foot needs fixing just noticed the heel issue

lament stump
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Yea that doesn't look stiff to me

whole cloak
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also if her spear is in her right hand
should the left hand be holding a sword or chain whip I can’t decide

grave nymph
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is HoS right handed or left handed?

whole cloak
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uh
probably ambidextrous since hua fights with both fists and HoS is in hua body

grave nymph
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o

whole cloak
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she uses sword and whip with right though

jaunty python
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anybody here know how to put on a hanfu and how it's worn MeiStare

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specifically hanfu that ties at the waist

clear knoll
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just google it

full solstice
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it helps with the movement

full solstice
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also i dont have my ipad with me rn so i cant redline even if i wanted to

whole cloak
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I’m not good at them tho so I’m still practicing TeriDerp

full solstice
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i think it would look less stiff if she was leaning forward a bit more

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cuz HoS has a more... playful (?) style of fighting than hua

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hua would stand up straight while fighting

whole cloak
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oo yes right

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the head looks smushed I’ll fix it

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fixed the smushed head
is this better

full solstice
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hmmm

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i think she should lean a little bit more

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ill try to line it on desktop but uh

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it wont be great

whole cloak
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also sword or whip in the front hand

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this also happens to be the ss I got inspiration from
she’s in spear form
I did 3 prior sketches that basically gradually became further from the original pose

full solstice
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uhm this is terrible

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but

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i tried with a trackpad

whole cloak
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gradually getting closer to HoS doing a dab

full solstice
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loool

whole cloak
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I see what you mean, I’ll adjust the front arm a bit
I’ll probably keep her torso more upright bc of her sort of arrogant air

full solstice
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sure

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that works too

whole cloak
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ty tho HigoHappy

full solstice
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give her a creepy smile ehe

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:)

hot dirge
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Do some epic blood

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And her creepy smile now that would b cool

potent mason
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🤔

hardy yew
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something looks off, any critiques before I start the background?

dusky trail
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well she doesn't seem to have a good grip on the wand there

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probably gonna fly right off if she just do a turn

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the thin waist combine with the long dress also make it feel like her waist is stretching out

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but that is not a major problem so you can leave it be

gloomy creek
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probably never gonna finish this

potent mason
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Should've been

grave nymph
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ah

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composition thing right?

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wait

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I just realized you just zoomed it lul

potent mason
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O.o"

lone wagon
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Nah he just changed the arm and the hand shii

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But it's true that there's too many negative spaces there ans the composition needs works

dusky trail
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the color style also slap your eyes if you stare at it for too long

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it just too vibrant combine with the blurry feel when you go full size

potent mason
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Maybe because too much airbrush + low resolution workspace

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And ye, color choice...theres no color contrast here. Its like the colors are competing on each other on who will stand out more

lone wagon
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Thr colours are good. You can do those type of styke nicely but yeah like silver said there's no contrasts

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Seen a lot of colourful works where it looks pretty cool

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Like this

dusky trail
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well that also have cleaner line

lone wagon
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If you take the colours off the lines are pretty thick

potent mason
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Yup, a good example of color contrast

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even the no. 13 contrasts with violet

potent mason
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i think colorful pieces resonates more to younger audiences

dusky trail
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but ya, her skin already dark then combine with that hair without any line and the pink also blend too much with the skin

potent mason
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also the dress

dusky trail
dusky trail
lone wagon
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The lighting is confusing. It's there but places where it should hit there's non

potent mason
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Well, common newbie mistakes. Its perfectly normal, the most important thing is to take note of it and try your best to work on improving it 🙂

dusky trail
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but because Silver and Hanami being so harsh, they dream got shattered, gave up and became an idol instead

potent mason
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if they earn more from being an idol then i want my cut as well for being indirectly responsible for swaying to that path

lone wagon
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Yeah it all depends on how you use them

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And it can get really interesting

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I like looking at artwork where people use really funky colours

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It's fun

hardy yew
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thanks so much for the advice everyone

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I’m gonna look over it rn

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this channel helpful fr

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CRAP I JUST REALIZED THE ARM

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THANK YOU FOR CATCHING IT FIXING IT ASAP

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brokn arm

potent mason
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i just found out that watching on high resolution in youtube or any video online for that matter slows down your pen input latency coz the resolution is eating way more cpu thus slowing the posdt-processing in your art program O.o

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happy to help

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i upped the resolution to 4k in the movie im currently watching then when i went back to drawing the thing became slow so i was like wait what, lowered the movie's res then it went back to normal so i tried watching 4k in youtube and same thing happened

lone wagon
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I was drawing yestetday and i hsd discord on, plus I had teamviewer on since my bf likes seeing me paint and YouTube on to play music and it lagged me so hard it was painful xD

potent mason
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lol

lament stump
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The 2014 pc struggle

potent mason
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tell them that since xmas is coming you wouldnt mind being surprised if they give you a way better pc

lone wagon
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I had to beg my parents for a pc for years for my art.

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It's still not an amazing pc but it works fine so I'm happy enough

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I still use it to this day

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(I only got it last year)

potent mason
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dont worry guys just keep taking commissions and slowly save for a better pc

grave nymph
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imagine being able to take commissions w

potent mason
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Someday Shii...someday

grave nymph
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yeah

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maybe like, in 2 years

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or something

potent mason
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Depends on how hard you remember to not make the same mistakes in your artwork

grave nymph
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and time, realllyyy need time to draw

potent mason
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Because I know a friend whose been drawing for 6 yrs now and frankly, you draw better than him

grave nymph
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eh

potent mason
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And he wants to lead a doujin circle...also runts about how he doesn't get any commissions at all when he's always open

grave nymph
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....wow

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I-I'll do my best then TeriDerp

potent mason
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Yknow what he does everytime he draws? Make the same angle, the same face, the same coloring, the same mistakes he make ever since he started art

grave nymph
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oh wow

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they definitely don't want to leave their bubble huh

lusty breach
grave nymph
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hello there o/

potent mason
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That's why whenever he peeks outside the bubble and draw something diff, his inexperience rly shows even though he's been drawing for 6 yrs

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And just ends up stopping and going back to his old routine

whole cloak
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tbh I was in a bubble for a while for human art
tried pushing myself about a year and half ago

grave nymph
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there's actually quite a lot of lurkers in this channel huh

dusky trail
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just change angle, zoom in, zoom out...

grave nymph
potent mason
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They say practice makes perfect, I say it doesn't apply to everything coz if you build up muscle memory on a mistake, no matter how good you do its, it's still a mistake

dusky trail
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and with how he draw the male body part, the pose itself probably just trace too

shadow nebula
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thats why you should study from life or you'll never truly improve

dusky trail
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or just absorb or steal any technique you can get until you stand on your own

grave nymph
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yuh

shadow nebula
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taking what people say and their techniques won't teach you anatomy

dusky trail
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a lot of mangaka became success after being assistant for years anyway

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and then even they style became quite similar to the mangaka they helped out

shadow nebula
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yeah but they are already professional artists

dusky trail
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but hey~ at least Yuuna-san didn't copy the whole "make male chars the sexy one"

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there also a lot of bad habit new artist may do and keep them stuck or give up too

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specially to those think follow/view is everything

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or see more talent artist and just "you have skill but i don't" then give up

potent mason
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Ye man I have a nurse friend who almost quit art, he was upset that he isn't getting likes

grave nymph
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I still don't get why people give up art or something when their works don't get a certain amount of likes, for me, it would motivate me to do more tbh meisip

potent mason
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I said never strive for likes and follows coz the moment you enslave yourself for other ppl, you lose the part of you who enjoyed drawing for yourself

grave nymph
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yup

dusky trail
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it can be the same to those already have a lot of follower too

grave nymph
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o

dusky trail
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if they try to post in new site and barely see the count go up, they will drop that site in few days too

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see it a lot with artist think too highly of themself

delicate lotus
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i need some critique + advice on shading lol (still a wip, used fu hua for skin colour & shading, i am also aware that proportions are very off)

grave nymph
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first of all

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light source doko?

delicate lotus
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still working on that

dusky trail
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second of all, are you also infected by Shiibi

delicate lotus
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who and what is shiibi if you're talking to me

grave nymph
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please

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not the new people

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I'm begging you

dusky trail
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then what are you trying to draw there

delicate lotus
dusky trail
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i mean the theme you going for

grave nymph
fierce snow
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Hahaha

grave nymph
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if you don't know where your light source is

delicate lotus
grave nymph
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then you won't know how to shade stuff

delicate lotus
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i see

grave nymph
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so before coloring, the light source should be determined before-hand

delicate lotus
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hm ty

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i will think of that

dusky trail
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well default would always be on top of the head

grave nymph
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ah

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a not-so intense light atop the head

dusky trail
#

so the top of the hair will be bright while the lower you go down, the more shade you put

grave nymph
#

mhm

dusky trail
#

so if you just go for simple drawing of her head, you don't need to think too much about it

delicate lotus
#

hmm okay

#

i should put more consideration into random doodles then

dusky trail
#

but of course if you really go for it, then depend on the kind of feature you want to show of her, the light source will focus on it more

delicate lotus
#

alright then thank you for the help

dusky trail
#

like Bronie's delicious legs there

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because of her outfit already dark, your eyes would naturally draw to her white soft legs

grave nymph
#

for me, it's the drone

delicate lotus
grave nymph
#

wow that drone's big

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but it's so small in the battlefield w

dusky trail
#

so thicc

lament stump
#

good mornin ppl

dusky trail
#

@delicate lotus how about go for this if you just want to doddle

delicate lotus
#

alright alright

lament stump
dusky trail
#

even if it just something you randomly draw, it is good to pick a simple theme first

delicate lotus
#

thank you again

dusky trail
#

now go cure your Shiibi

grave nymph
#

...

fierce snow
#

Shii-byou?

grave nymph
#

you're making me sound like I'm a living, breathing disease

#

what the heck

lament stump
#

your way to make a chibi even tho the chin and the body is non chibi is quite amazing shii

grave nymph
#

whyyyy

lament stump
#

ask yourself

grave nymph
#

even though I'm trying so hard to not draw chibis..

dusky trail
#

you just have to draw more Seele

grave nymph
#

but I don't have time to draw Seele, as much as I want to

lament stump
#

seele is a kid so it's harder to not make her chibi

grave nymph
#

reporting season's gonna start soon

lament stump
#

what's that

grave nymph
grave nymph
#

for goodness who knows long

dusky trail
#

tell that to Nyx

lament stump
#

anyway tomorrow is genshin 1st bdayyyyyyyyyyyyyy I'm very excited about that

grave nymph
#

wanna go grab some popcorn?

#

and watch them riot?

#

🍿 meisip

dusky trail
grave nymph
#

very very important

grave nymph
#

waow

lament stump
#

so about getting ppl to request comissions from you, do you have to be good at drawing or is there a cheat way to convice them to request art from you

grave nymph
#

depends on your price, quality, popularity and stuff

dusky trail
#

go find some popular groups in Deviantart

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start showing off your stuff there

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then maybe put your commission available along with the price

#

if someone willing to give you some coin, they will ask for it

grave nymph
#

is it really even advisable to start commissions so soon though?

dusky trail
#

ya, go get around 100-200 followers before you try that

grave nymph
#

I mean, I understand taking comms from friends, but uh, other people, uhhhh

#

o

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I'm trying to get like, 1k or something before that lul

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oh well, still have like, 2 more years at least

dusky trail
#

well start out taking free request is a good startr

fierce snow
shadow nebula
dusky trail
#

ya deviantart is quite an easy place to do so

whole cloak
#

it’s a matter of branding
I’ve also seen tons of ppl with not much skill but they get expensive comms because they draw frequently and consistently , often using the same filter to make their feed “aesthetic”

#

I started on DA and idk why it flopped real bad so I moved to WoF amino
From there I got a lot of attention but drama happened so I went to insta

grave nymph
#

that's a lot of sites

dusky trail
#

it always good to have various site just incase something happen to one

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you never know when one site decided to fuk they own creators like Tumblr

#

but anyway, just go offer what kind of service you can do then the price range

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if ppl like it then they will go for it

grave nymph
#

mhm

dusky trail
#

if you don't properly set the rule, the thing people may ask you to do...

grave nymph
#

yeah..

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have to state the specifics

dusky trail
#

the amount of furry or bondage request i have to declined back when i still in DA is just... too much

grave nymph
#

ah...

lament stump
#

alright I'll do some more draings and then mabye post a thread on devi art about taking requests

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cuz i need to get some stupid followers there

#

still at 0 uwu

#

I did get 2 llama badges tho o.O

shadow nebula
#

you'll have to learn the algorithms for each website if you want to get your posts to reach people

dusky trail
#

well the handy thing about Deviantart is you can just search for a group fit your fetish then just put it there

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another would be find a trendy topic and just jump in the bandwagon

lament stump
#

so it's not about your skill more about how you play it

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ofc if your skill is at pro lvl you can get comissions even if you don't do shit

shadow nebula
#

once artists get to industry standard they stop taking on commissions

dusky trail
#

we do have a lot of site to help artist earn money through support nowaday anyway

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though with COVID stopping comicket, a lot depend on pixivfanbox, fantia nowday

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well if you have good sense of humor then making gag comic can get you quite a lot of view too

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it even easier if you going for the current event thing since it make people go "ah ya, i totally get it"

lament stump
#

well for rn i just want to improve, my goal is to get a single comission from a random person ( not a friend) cuz idk it just seems so cool to get a request to draw something

dusky trail
#

well i made this way back when i still in DA

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so just make something similar to state your price range

lament stump
#

okay I'll do something like that when i reach 100 followers

#

aka watchers

dusky trail
#

just set a reasonable price

lament stump
#

gotta start making some ocs cuz I assume ppl want thoes a lot

lament stump
#

that's okay price

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30 for a full body cuz i hate legs

dusky trail
#

i would say set a lower price then slowly increase after you got more follower

lament stump
#

i still need to have a strategy on how to get followers

grave nymph
#

mhm

lament stump
#

probably nothing, just post art in groups and they will come

dusky trail
#

just spam content to fill your gallery up

lament stump
#

okay half body drawings here I come

#

or till like boobs

dusky trail
#

just do armpit

lament stump
#

i have seen thoes get a lot of views if the shading is nice

#

world isn't filled with bunch of your copyes

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if that was the case, armpit with the description "=3=" would be a sure win

dusky trail
#

just go see what trending right now

#

either mainsteam anime or game

lament stump
#

I'm debating if I should continue to do a full body of mobius

grave nymph
#

I feel like Aki’s shikni’s apprentice

lament stump
#

i mean her legs are quite easy

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cuz it's just a dress

dusky trail
#

you can take him if you want

grave nymph
#

no thank

#

I’m not good enough

lament stump
dusky trail
#

you already have S on your name, you already good enough

grave nymph
#

~~the names doesn’t determine if you’re good enough TeriCry ~~

lament stump
#

I will beat her in followers on pixiv one day, I promised her that

grave nymph
#

mm

#

do it

#

it’s the right time too

lament stump
#

unless she explodes and like mihoyyo hires her

grave nymph
#

since I’m in hiatus

lament stump
#

then I'm doomed

grave nymph
#

until like

#

a few years or so

dusky trail
#

i already part of Mihoyo content creator you know

grave nymph
lament stump
grave nymph
#

after seeing that tweet of official acc

#

featuring your drawing

#

so kinda obv

lament stump
#

i still say the situation is "winnable"

grave nymph
#

yeah

lament stump
#

i drop out of school and stop leaving my house and I'm at 13k followers in a year

grave nymph
#

am on hiatus and can't do anything about it

dusky trail
#

while you say that, the draw i made with Mobius and Elysia already rank 163 on pixiv

lament stump
#

NO NO NO

#

that doesn't matterrrrrrr

grave nymph
#

planning to do one doodle per day when Christmas vacation hits though

lament stump
#

163 is juts a number

#

:)

#

i gotta buy a shetch book where i practice anatomy

dusky trail
#

well i mainly Mihoyo CC in name only

#

not that i draw "normal" stuff that often

lament stump
#

i was stalking your pixiv a lil

#

gone into fan thing

#

saw little bronya boob

#

went out

dusky trail
#

at least pay me while you in there

grave nymph
#

fanbox?

lament stump
#

NEVER

dusky trail
#

ya, made it awhile ago since some of my jp followers ask to either do that or fantia to make it easier for them to support

lament stump
#

i shuldn't have bheen able to see that boob but it gliched out so i saw it uwu

raw ridge
#

sus

grave nymph
#

shikni going international

#

waow

lament stump
#

we right behind her shii

#

only 13k followers

grave nymph
#

hell no

lament stump
#

nothing more

#

just a number

grave nymph
#

I’m sooooooo far behind

#

not like I care

#

since I can’t do anything about it

#

until I have time to actually draw

dusky trail
#

you can follow and increase my count further

lament stump
#

you gotta belive in yourself, her 10 yrs of art is your 10 min of art, you are built different shii

lament stump
grave nymph
#

as if I’ll do that

lament stump
#

it's all fun and jokes now shikn, untill we right behind you SirinSmug

dusky trail
#

while you say that, i already get another 9 more

grave nymph
#

lul

#

shikni do be famous

lament stump
#

i have 333 views on DA HoVSmirk

#

not to braggg or anythinggg

grave nymph
#

followers doko

lament stump
#

followers 0 but we not talking bout thoes

#

14 on pixiv thooooooooo

grave nymph
#

but aren’t you bragging w

lament stump
#

yes.

dusky trail
#

well it is less about be famous, more like i build up for a long time

lament stump
#

keqings EN VC is Emillia from re zero, i just realised that

#

whn you started i was like playing in the dirt

dusky trail
#

you gonna make Shii feel old

lament stump
#

gotta stop with all this bragging since I'm gonna ask for help soon...

lament stump
dusky trail
#

that is what they all say

lament stump
#

me too

#

I'm bout to be 17 tho

dusky trail
grave nymph
#

kek

dusky trail
#

nice photoshop

grave nymph
#

that one trashy animation hit the pixiv rankings even if it didn’t deserve it

#

then again only few people posts animations

#

shrugs

dusky trail
#

ya ugoira is quite easy to get high rank

grave nymph
#

mhm

dusky trail
#

i literally got #1 back when ugoira just became a thing lol

grave nymph
#

wow

#

how come you’re that uhhh, experienced

lament stump
#

mona and her pets

grave nymph
#

damn it, typos

grave nymph
lament stump
#

worngt channel

#

never

dusky trail
#

wrong series

lament stump
#

never

grave nymph
lament stump
#

BRO

#

This popped up on my recommendation feed

#

They are listening to me

#

I have stalkers

dusky trail
#

the kind of weird fetish in Deviantart just too weird

lament stump
#

says the armpit girl

potent mason
#

the only thing i say no to are mecha commissions, i dont enjoy looking nor drawing them

#

||i just got a new client and hes been making me draw smother commissions for 2 weeks now||

#

interesting fella

lament stump
#

i got a budget of around 500 to 600 bucks for a drawing tablet is that enough for a dicent one?

potent mason
#

with that you can buy the 15 " pen display

#

or the 20" one but without shortcut buttons

lament stump
#

that good?

potent mason
#

yes

lament stump
#

I assume the wacom ones

#

is wacom one like 500 bucks?

lament stump
#

the fuck thoes this mean

#

pp

potent mason
#

ah, convert that to your currency

#

nc number

lament stump
#

oh this is not that much

potent mason
#

yup and its very good for what it offers

dusky trail
#

while DA type of armpit is usually hairy or sweaty

lament stump
#

makes me feel good

potent mason
#

yup, basically it offers 130% sRGB, 4ms screen reaction, 8 shortcut buttons, 2 wheel bars (1 physical, 1 touch screen bar) and a pen with eraer at the top like a pencil

dusky trail
#

not that you ever need to use the erase part

#

as you only need to press one button to activate the erase function anyway

lament stump
potent mason
#

its something that might interest ppl

lament stump
#

erase sunds fun lol

potent mason
frank sundial
#

I heard wacom customer service is evil

potent mason
#

you can customize them to your heart's content

frank sundial
#

best to get other tablet for art

dusky trail
#

as long it is reasonable price and working

#

not like it matter much

lament stump
#

btw what's this

dusky trail
#

it clearly a wii control

frank sundial
#

well if your wacom breaks down and even have warranty, they will charge you still

potent mason
#

mine have 2 touch screen bars and 20 shortcuts, i literally dont need to reach my keyboard anymore when i draw VelionaMwaha

lament stump
#

I LIKE WII

potent mason
#

thats the pen's holder

lament stump
#

THAT'S SO COOL YO

potent mason
#

it is, it eats 60% of my table when im in working mode

#

but ye, advantage on the 15" is you can bring it everywhere you go

#

if you ever consider buying that, pls make sure thats the actual pic because they have a very same product name but an inferior ver of this, the 2020 model

lament stump
#

I'll probably get this artist pro 16

potent mason
#

this, they have same name so watch out for this thing, avoid this

lament stump
#

looks cool

potent mason
lament stump
#

i have the site open so I'll not mess it up

potent mason
#

nice

lament stump
#

gonna get it in the 2 weeks or so

potent mason
#

nc, im planning to buy it next month as well when i get my pixiv paycheck

lament stump
#

buy that one?

potent mason
#

yes, i want a drawing tool i can use wherever i go and my current one unfortunately doesnt offer portability

lament stump
#

you gonna be cool

#

looks ok?

#

very stiff pose buttttt it's snake girl, can't do much with legs

potent mason
#

chin too sharp, feet muscles dont exisy as well as arm muscles

lament stump
#

CUZ

#

IT'S SHAPES

#

YOU DUMMY DUM DUM

potent mason
#

hehe

lament stump
#

and feet won't be seen cuz snake has a cool dress

potent mason
#

anyway, i notice you're fairly familiar with building the shape now tho still need refining youre getting there

shadow nebula
#

do you want an example of how to properly find shapes in a figure?

dusky trail
#

we did tried to hammer the whole "you need to get a proper frame on the char" on him yesterday after all

lament stump
shadow nebula
#

okay, I'll use your pose but I'll make it more interesting

potent mason
#

is that mobius? imo its better if you pick a pose that rly attracts her waist and hips figure coz thats her eye catcher

lament stump
#

i tried to make it more interesting

lament stump
dusky trail
#

that only work with those with nice thighs

#

Mobius charm is her face and waist

lament stump
#

okay I'll draw my self then i have cool thighs

potent mason
#

And her pit?

dusky trail
#

her bareshoulder~

potent mason
#

Her nape

dusky trail
#

with a little collarbone poke out

#

deli

#

and then her fishnet

lament stump
#

so to everyone who faved my eula i sent this "hello, thanks for the fav. I'm new here, If you want to see more of my art in the future please consider watching me it would mean a lot to me."

#

lol

dusky trail
#

ah ya, that is the typical thing you may get when you are new artist

#

the "trade follower" comment

lament stump
#

i didn't get that tho

#

they got that from me

#

not a even a trade, i said follow me or die

dusky trail
#

then you go and tell them that

dusky trail
#

just go "do it and i will give you a free request" wink wink

lament stump
#

imagine I make a post about that and get like 200 followers and die

dusky trail
#

but well, that is not something you want to do anyway

#

that is like going to youtube comments and randomly put "hey, i create content too, pls go check"

shadow nebula
#

@lament stump I exaggerated some stuff for them to be more visible, but this is how you find the very basic shapes of a human figure or anything really

lament stump
#

i only sent to comment begging for followe to ppl who faved the pic

potent mason
#

\ 🙂 / i followed you ||seriously guys, im held at gunpoint rn. If you read this my address is 😵 ||

lament stump
#

you did on pixiv

#

pixiv sucks

shadow nebula
#

when it comes to the chest don't be afraid to bend it a bit to help the pose since the ribs are naturally rounded

lament stump
#

for me at least

shadow nebula
#

a good way to learn the human shapes is to take a photo of a nude model and find all of the shapes like i have done

dusky trail
#

just start hoarding reference

lament stump
#

problem is i draw women and am a man looking at a nude girl is

#

yea

dusky trail
#

then just look at little boy

#

work the same

shadow nebula
#

look up art models

#

you can also use senshistock and all similar resources to study

dusky trail
#

also, not like you watch it in front of your whole family, look at nude all you want

#

just like when i watch Free for all the male "reference"

lament stump
#

would be hard to focus

#

but well i suppose i gotta do it

shadow nebula
#

if you want to properly learn anatomy you have to study real people

potent mason
#

akicar casually geting a boner in the middle of sketching

lament stump
#

not now tho, i have 3 weeks to finish this snake girl

#

casuall stuff

dusky trail
#

remind me of that ""playing with yourself" while drawing manga" manga

potent mason
#

reminds me of that doujin i read and the author left an afterword saying something along the lines of hi, my name blablabla. I hope you fapped to this book as much as i did VelionaWicked

lament stump
#

YOP

#

YOOO

#

THE BEGGING COMMENTS

#

WORKEWD

potent mason
#

lol

lament stump
#

couple goals

#

@shadow nebula so i did it

#

the legs mabye tooooo thick

#

thanks to me choosing to not do art on a stupid paper

#

it's better

full solstice
#

The calves are too thin

#

So are the arms

lament stump
#

BRO

#

ALWAYS

#

thoes are my mistakes always

#

amongst all the others they are the ones that are always there TeriDerp

dusky trail
#

she also has no cheek

shadow nebula
# lament stump

thats better for finding shapes. Add a bit more thickness to the arms and shins. Make the thighs a little shorter and make the shins the same length as the thighs

lament stump
#

okay but after all that I'm stuck

#

I suppose i gotta find a reference of the pose the continue on

whole cloak
#

that’s a big improvement
note that the ribcage is more long than wide
head also seems very small and the upper body block is too wide. since that block is so wide, you tried making up for it with small arm joints so that’s probably why the arms are so thin

shadow nebula
#

do the pose in the mirror and take mental notes of what you see if you're unable to take a photo of yourself

lament stump
#

the lines are a lil shaky now but i think it's better

#

i made the things bigger and smaller like you all said (ty)

dusky trail
#

that look more like a male body than a female

lament stump
#

probably cuz i used this

#

tbh i don't mind switching it and doing a male caracter

potent mason
#

male mobius but still wearing the same dress?! 😱

dusky trail
#

even in that reference, the torso has more trapezoid? shape

warped musk
#

hmm

dusky trail
#

while your is just a square

lament stump
#

okay I'll go over it

#

over the belly

#

I'll look at this now

#

didn't even see it the 1st time

shadow nebula
#

think of the ribcage as an egg

lament stump
#

okay now I'll make it an egg

#

i found a reference

#

at least for the top part of the body

fierce snow
#

Make it circly

#

Draw the elbow shoulder and hip line first

#

Then the spine line

#

And then the two eggs

#

Wait

#

Elbow no

lament stump
#

ig it sucks

#

damn anatomy

#

gotta take a brake

#

going to a coffe shop...

full solstice
#

Hey Aki

#

I’m going to try and redline it rn

#

@lament stump

#

My friend and I redlined it

lament stump
#

Yo man thanks a lot

#

That's a big big big help <3

dusky trail
#

not that leg gonna work with Mobius

lament stump
#

Can this work on stupid snake girl

fierce snow
#

well, imagine her legs as tightly tied together

#

so probably not

#

i think

lament stump
#

Okay fuck it

#

I'm not drawing mobius then

#

She way to boring with them lwgs

#

Legs*

potent mason
#

😦

dusky trail
#

only because you don't know how to use those legs

#

specially when she has those hole with fishnet

lament stump
#

@dusky trail

#

GOOD?

dusky trail
#

hmmmmmm

#

the waist still bother me but i can give it a pass i guess

#

her rib and butt pretty much connected to each other there after all

frank sundial
dusky trail
lament stump
#

i assume that boring

dusky trail
#

she bend in weird way now

lament stump
#

AHHH]

frank sundial
#

oh ya i see it now

lament stump
dusky trail
#

the upper half looks more like it is using high angle while the bottom half is completely flat

#

yes, it actually not that weird in the old one

lament stump
#

problem is i have no idea on how to make bottom do something

#

but now that you pointed out the waist i don't like it either there :(

#

it's a stalemate

dusky trail
#

just look at some mermaid for idea i guess

frank sundial
#

maybe keep the angle on upper half but change bottom

lament stump
#

yea that could work minxy but

dusky trail
#

or just simple bend the legs like a normal person

lament stump
#

then I'll have 2 sitting poses in a row in my gallery

#

would look weird

dusky trail
#

then just rotate her a bit to make it like she is falling instead of sitting

lament stump
#

falling with her hands on her head and weist

#

she's like

#

let me pose while I'm fallin

dusky trail
#

it could be like one of those "falling in the abyss" type

#

quite fitting since she can dive underground like Mona and Ayaka

lament stump
#

will work

#

and then i can do the snake girl as well

#

nice

dusky trail
#

of course there always the "laying down" pose

lament stump
#

that would be drawing a whole new caracter

#

no.

dusky trail
#

so ya, plenty of idea you can use for that kind of legs

lament stump
#

sometimes

#

i feel bad about my self not having such simple understanding

#

like how didn't i realise