I need help before I end up going insane

[fading radish]

i dont know anything about cloths either

but what i learned is triangels are the key

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVPycTHzbcg

i would go insane too

[solar parcel]

Ahh I see

I mean I can draw the folds I just can't paint it

[fading radish]

whats the difference

just dont include the outline

i know this is easier said than done

and i know youre frustrated

and this is coming from someone whose worse at art than you

[solar parcel]

When I draw the folds it's just an outline
I can't really paint it. I need it to have that painty look

[fading radish]

yeah dont paint it

draw the values

you dont cel shade do u

[solar parcel]

And why not? That's what I want my art to look like?

[solar parcel]

I don't

[fading radish]

i mean dont paint the outline

[deep moon]

I can tell the lighting is from the top left, I think more depth in the shadow areas might help? The cloth looks fine but if you're bothered maybe try out with cell shading but blurring out the end points?

[solar parcel]

I could try the cell shading thing but I'm scared it won't look good enough

[solar parcel]

I meant I can't paint clothing at all. I'm not trying to paint the outline

[deep moon]

That looks pretty right, I usually cell shade and then blur it after so it looks smooth, you could even experiment with smudge brushes for fur texture? (haven't used ibis in a long time so idk how it is now)

Wait let me make an example really quick

[solar parcel]

Alr!

I usually struggle understanding stuff if I don't have examples

[deep moon]

I use clip studio but Im pretty sure ibis should have a blur filter

You can fully blur the edges you want with a blur brush/tool if you want to aswell but one way I make my shading smooth is layering it with its duplicated blured versions (sometimes different colors for light effects)

For the cloth shading I suggest having some shading near the neckline to indicate how the cloth lays and folds

For clothing I usually leave it darker by the edge thats closer to a bigger fold, alot of it is triangles and shadows following it by the edges that arent in the light, I sometimes shade it all and erase the parts that I think the light would hit if I'm struggling

[solar parcel]

I'll just try it again bro

Once I'm at home