🔎│art-advice▪tip

[vagrant harness]

Also a head has more like a shape like this with the bulge in the back

[normal belfry]

Maybe learn how-to-anatomy. Do you have pinterest? Just look for "body tutorial" and youll find alot.

[teal cairn]

I don't have Pinterest, afaik might've made an acc and forgotten it. But I wasn't going for realism anyway, if that changes anything.

[vagrant harness]

Maybe a more generic pose?

It doesn't have to be anatomical correct but just something more smooth if you know what I mean?

[teal cairn]

It's still wip. I didn't have the energy to finish the lineart. So, that's why I turned on the sketch layer.

but otherwise no, I dunno what you mean by smooth.

[vagrant harness]

Well like in the range of the person

What is possible for them

Maybe something like this?

[teal cairn]

Oh, understood. You mean that the pose was too stiff.

[vagrant harness]

Yes a bit!

But other than that I really like it!

[teal cairn]

I was considering putting the sword the way you suggested when I was planning the picture. It would cross the skirt and I wasn't sure how to handle that.

[vagrant harness]

Just make the sword on a higher level if you're working with levels

[teal cairn]

I am working with layers, yes.

[vagrant harness]

Layers yes! Just forgot how it's called XD

[teal cairn]

But given the sword's lenght, it'd visually split the skirt into two parts. That's the bit I was struggling with.

[vagrant harness]

Well that depends on the angle you're using

[teal cairn]

We are looking at her straight-on, while her head is turned away.

[vagrant harness]

No I mean angle of the sword

[teal cairn]

I had a reference pic. Lemme fetch it.

[vagrant harness]

You could do it straight on or from the side and also if it looks straight down or is tilted to one side

[teal cairn]

Alright, I lost my reference

[vagrant harness]

Oh no :(

[teal cairn]

Wait, got her.

[teal cairn]

There's the reference pic.

[vagrant harness]

Oh wow

[teal cairn]

The similarity is there, if we discount my lack of skill.

[vagrant harness]

Aw come on don't say that. I feel bad because I don't know what to answer :(

[teal cairn]

Just be honest.

[vagrant harness]

No never

[teal cairn]

I can handle it. I'm not made from sugar.

[vagrant harness]

I also don't go up to police officers and tell them I hate them. Being honest is dangerous

I might get shot 😬

[teal cairn]

I don't have a gun.

[vagrant harness]

Anyways maybe the size of the face a bit smaller compared to the head. ALWAYS REMEMBER foreheads exist. You also could make the arms a bit bigger

[teal cairn]

I hoped it'd come out as bangs, but yup. But her poor little arms and hands.

[vagrant harness]

You still can do that! The thing is the eyes are normally on the middle line and the mouth at the bottom line if you make a circle first. The nose is in-between and the chin is just a extension

[teal cairn]

I was always confused about that.

Where the eyes, nose and mouth are supposed to sit.

[vagrant harness]

Ok I know it looks really bad but for the positions it's ok

The rest is hair.

[teal cairn]

haha, it looks better than whatever the hell I put out

[vagrant harness]

No it doesn't

[teal cairn]

That things got anatomy.

[vagrant harness]

Mine looks like some kind of demon

[teal cairn]

Well, that's also an option.

I don't even shade, because idk how without making it look cursed.

[vagrant harness]

Well how to shade depends on the art style! If it's a simple one the shading should be simple too. If it is complicated then to the shade complicated

[teal cairn]

True

[teal cairn]

I thought it'd be fun to compare this to my beginnings as a digital artist. (it's about 5 years)

Yes, I made that in MS Paint

[vagrant harness]

In MS Paint?! Wow!

[teal cairn]

Way back in 2018

[vagrant harness]

Why does that sound like yesterday 😔

[teal cairn]

Because we're collectively stuck in 2020.

[vagrant harness]

No I'm stuck in 2015

And I don't know why

[teal cairn]

And now I realize, I prolly did that in Firealpaca.

Because I downloaded that in 2018, the same year as I drew the pic.

[vagrant harness]

You don't want to know how hard it is to hold back saying "nothing changed"

[teal cairn]

I do have a feeling, that the only improvement I made in those five years is to learn how to use layers.

[vagrant harness]

No?

You know how to use basic shapes to model stuff

And that's IMPORTANT

[vagrant harness]

Like I did here

[teal cairn]

Yeah, that too.

But the time it took me is unreasonable.

[vagrant harness]

Well I have no clue what else you did so I can't really have an opinion on that...

[teal cairn]

I mean, it took me five years to get to stickmen+

[vagrant harness]

If you really want to get better at drawing get some books about it or let the magic YouTube help you

[teal cairn]

I'll have to get back to it eventually.

[vagrant harness]

And you'll be really good in no time!

Would definitely be fun!

[finite plume]

I like how you drew your shapes... But the face parts are in the wrong position, you could probably work on that first

[teal cairn]

I know, @vagrant harness mentioned that her face is too high.

[vagrant harness]

:3

[cunning parcel]

I’m just getting back into art after a while of not making any (also trying out a new style) and although it’s still a wip, does anyone have tips?

[strong anvil]

Rendering? Or some highlights to make it more colourful or noticeable and creative, it’s really cute though!!

[cunning parcel]

Thanks, I was planning on possibly rendering and all that just hadn’t gotten around to it, thank you for the advice though, I’ll make sure to add that in a bit!

[chrome tide]

how do i shade hair?

[teal cairn]

When it's black you usually never have to

[vagrant harness]

For example behind the neck you could make it a bit darker and depending on your style maybe some white parts where the light shines on! Other than that I'd say it's a really good job with the shading!

Also I really love the face but I may would make the neck a bit thicker

Love it tho!

[teal cairn]

neck is fine people draw necks that are even thinner but it still fits

[young kelp]

Hand practice

Not bad i think :-)

Actually, i think its too flat

No depth at alk

I shall make pole more 3d

[vagrant harness]

But that depends on the style. Looking at the style of that one I'd say it could be a bit thicker

[teal cairn]

I could argue it should be thinner

[vagrant harness]

Well maybe not thinner but a bit to the left

Because like that it would be quite a long chin

[young kelp]

I zont rely draw hands often so this looks weird

[strong anvil]

Uhm

So basically you put the pinky where the index finger should be

The finger on the left should be shortest

[rich beacon]

and the thumb is a bit weird

[strong anvil]

Yes it should be bigger and longer

Thumb is the thickest finger

[rich beacon]

longer by a bit, it's more about how the thumb bones are not in the correct sizes

maybe it should be more like this

[cloud fable]

The thumb is the same length as the other fingers. Just hidden away by the fats

Hands is a hard thing to do. So just take some time doing it

The palm is also not a box. Its like a misshapen pentagon

But that’s a realistic hand so might not apply to you

[mossy lark]

wth is this toothpicks?

[cloud fable]

Just a skeleton to help me form the fingers

‘Cept i didnt finish the fingers

It’s like how centrosaur did

[cloud fable]

Here

[cloud fable]

Oh damn

[mossy lark]

thats how fingers looks like

not like toothpicks

[cloud fable]

Course

Just a way for me to find the form of my hand

It’s not complete

Gonna save this photos as reference

[silk spruce]

I like to structure my hands with construction lines (6 in total) because it's pretty easy and quick

like this basically

if you really want to learn hands I recommend studying bridgman's "constructive anatomy" or "the book of a thousand hands" if you really want to go into detail, that's also where I learned to structure hands with construction lines

[inland narwhal]

Hi, I haven't drawn much since I was little so im kinda out of practice, if i were to begin again from scratch what would be the best way to learn to draw? any help is appreciated 🙂

[cloud fable]

Oh, you should practice posing a character

Either that or do a face

Should warm your hands

Starting with a skeleton would be great

[young kelp]

ghhhhhwh

[strong anvil]

Maybe make the cheeks more similar? One is alot bigger than the other

And the ears, maybe add more pizzazz to them or make them bigger yk

[inland narwhal]

ok ill try that, thanks

[inland narwhal]

first skeleton I've ever drawn, any tips?

[high bane]

Hello, I want to start animating but I have no idea how to. I am totally new but I do have experience in drawing. Where do I start. ;-;

[strong anvil]

Try to do some simple ones

Mouth moving, eye blinking

Walking / waving

Use your own body as a reffrenxe

REFERENCE *

[thick wagon]

try using youtube tutorials they really help out

[prime bobcat]

also test out different softwares bc some are more dificult to understand than others

also try doing outlines first then do the main body

[zenith field]

Is that a sans reference?

[inland narwhal]

It wasn’t meant to be but it ended up looking like him lmao

[zenith field]

Ohh

Maybe get a picture from google or something like a cartoon skeleton/ real life one, and copy the face from it but the rest is good!

[inland narwhal]

thanks, ill try a close up skull

[zenith field]

That’s better!

[cloud fable]

Looking great, holy

You should try without reference, and when you finish. Try to see what details you missed. Will help with brain excercise. Might not be for you tho

[foggy willow]

Perhaps the lower jaw a little longer so that it just aligns with the upper one? u know what i mean?

I'm just another guy from the internet 😶‍🌫️

[cloud fable]

I thought it was a monkey skull. Since the cheek bone is kinda small

[rich beacon]

And the forehead

[cloud fable]

Oh youre right, the fore head too

[inland narwhal]

it does look like a monkey skull lmao, I think the proportions are where I struggle the most

[cloud fable]

Using a free animations software would be a good start if youre starting out.flipflap would be great, start off practicing perspective, motions, frames and momentum. On a stickman would be easier, but if you want to use a character, go for it.

Search on youtube how to animate is helpful too, but if you need some help from us, ask away ^^

[visual vapor]

Nice

[glacial nimbus]

That’s my opinion on that skull

[inland narwhal]

well that was political

[wind fox]

huh

[vestal vale]

How many of y'all are self taught?

[cloud fable]

me

[strong anvil]

Me

[vagrant harness]

Me

[inland narwhal]

Me

[vestal vale]

So i don't need to pay for drawing lessons🤩

I got inspired by 4 people saying "me" lol

[inland narwhal]

I would say as long as you practice regularly then art lessons aren't necessary but you could probably learn a lot quicker with lessons

I just learnt by doodling and sketches

[lean summit]

one word, cranium; characters without brains are weird

[thick wagon]

me

[slate shuttle]

make that even 6

[cloud fable]

You can learn anything by yourself without lessons. Like chemistry, math, business. It's just better if you have a teacher to guide you, show what mistakes you might make, how to solve them or like just give a feed back.

But if you study by yourself, you gotta learn how to teach yourself. By practice, research or just brainstorming

Two different methods to get to one destination

Choose whatever

[vestal vale]

Thank you friend

You guys are gonna be my teacher lol

[cloud fable]

^^

I'm still learning art, but I can give some points that I know alot on

[vestal vale]

How do you render

And what type of like brush do u use

[strong anvil]

You should use something with low opacity

Some that like fades on the sides

To make it smoother

[kindred bronze]

i just started testing lightning rendering and i wanna improve lmao i think it looks goofy

[cloud fable]

Ooo

Whats the light souce

[kindred bronze]

idk just random holes on the wall and something like this...???

[cloud fable]

like he's inside a room with holes on the walls that leads outside? looking smooth

i havent started learning lighting yet so i hope someone with more knowledge comes in and give some tips

though, its kinda hard to know if the lighting is hitting the subject or the wall behind

kinda looks like its shining onto the screen

[vestal vale]

How is this? Also, how do you guys draw hair, because mine alwaus ends up looking so weird

[fathom bridge]

just draw more and look at people drawings

[cloud fable]

Hmm, the back side hair is kinda too fluffy, hair is not really something that extends from the head. It flows with the skull, so after making the head sketch, just make the hoair follow the sketch

Okay, I'm tryna draw but my hair is kinda bad

The hair is also the one that clarifies where skull is. I kinda made the hair too high so you can feel that the forehead is very large

[cloud fable]

That’s like a too vague of an answer, it doesn’t really give the person an idea on where to improve. Drawing more would certainly help the artist get more consistent and become faster at drawing, but it wouldnt help them get the proper form of an artstyle.

Ive been told over and over to just keep drawing, but i never found the motivations and get ideas on create an artwork. As well as not being able to know if my art has some mistakes, and when i asked on my friends, they just said “ooo looking good, i think fix the (blank) and just draw more” how do i fix the (blank) if i dont know how to??

It’s such a lazy answer to a complex question.

What ive done improve tho is to copy artist’s style. Cartoon, bold lines, thinlines, rigid, softbody, anime, shading lines. Any and all artists that i play with on this discord, ive once copied. And after doing that for a whole month, ive finally found a artstyle that i like and feel comfortable with.

I still have alot to learn so im improving with yall

[vestal vale]

Thank u

[vestal vale]

Hair is hard

[cloud fable]

it is

im very scared of it xd

that's why most my art are bald buff men

ahaha

[vestal vale]

I'm gonna marry a bald man just so i wont ever have to draw his hair lol

[cloud fable]

xd

[vestal vale]

How's this?

[strong anvil]

That's better but try to do regular bangs or haircuts

[tall aurora]

who wanna do gartic phone?

[vestal vale]

Nup

[vestal vale]

Barber did her dirty lol

[strong anvil]

LMAO

[orchid eagle]

idk if ur still looking for advice but i reccomend a blocking shapes method, thats what i like to do
i.e make a large vague shape like a heart kinda? and add a bit more detail to it, and such, also following anime art tutorials will help by the looks of your style (EDIT JUST SAW THE OTHER PERSON GIVING LIKE THE SAME ADVICE SORRY LOL)

make sure you also draw the head fully before you draw hair, i can see that you already do that though good job!

(Or not exactly a full head but the general shape will help form the hair!)

[vestal vale]

Thank u

I've been trying to learn for about a month now

And all the advise you guys are giving me is really helping me out

[bright hare]

It’s good?

[vagrant harness]

That looks good!

I think you maybe could look into some drawing hands and proportions of limbs and stuff

[bright hare]

Thanks!

[vagrant harness]

Hey! That looks great! 😃

[bright hare]

Thanks!

[wise plover]

it looks cool, but maybe try using a thinner size brush for the lines, and thicken only where you want the lines to be thicker with it. idk if that makes sense.

[vestal vale]

I can't even draw the basic head shape properly😭

When i flip it it a normal face turns into that of a burn victim

"Flip canvas" two words that crush dreams

[vestal vale]

I have a dream... that one day, i'll be able to flip the canvas without the head turning into a pizza slice

[cloud fable]

I thought the thicc lines as an outline looked pretty good, but i think they couldve enlarged the hand a bit to give room to give the fingers some details to define fingers

[cloud fable]

Pizza slice…

[vestal vale]

Yup

[bright hare]

How to make gradient better than this?

[pliant onyx]

oh hell yeah jojo fans

[harsh cape]

Best way to fulfill that dream is flip the canvas and then fix the face and repeat until the face looks good either ways

Also anyone have advice for finding ur art style?

[cloud fable]

Ooo, reaper of the drifting moon pfp

Oh wait im getting distracted

Finding art style is not easy. Sometimes youd want to do this one style but find it unnatural to your hands.

For me, i would copy people’s art. Im not saying to plagiarise and claim its yours. Just try to imitate the artwork of somebody’s, then try creating a mini artwork with someone’s art style and see if it

-Feels natural to your hands
-You really like doing
-The end result looks good in your eyes (dont ask for ppl’s opinion for more neutral result)
-Something you can improve on

You can of course have multiple art style

And there’s many types that ranges between realism and cartoonic

Oh and some can have colorful or colorless

Honestly, i havent found my art style yet. But im leaning towards realism

[tranquil swallow]

Hi so I actually had a question about the event it’s been awhile since I did any art because of school I needed to know how to use the animation mode

Or solo masterpiece

[vestal vale]

How's this

And this

And this?

[cloud fable]

Best face lmaooo

The hair physics is very accurate

For some reason it looks good inverted

[teal cairn]

Ik u lyin

[vestal vale]

Lol it does

[vestal vale]

I felt like a nasa scientist trying to calculate where the hair should go

[abstract shuttle]

Do y´all have any advice for drawing cartoony shoes?

And cartoony hands?

[vestal vale]

How's this?

How do i render my drawings? I've been drawing black and white for a while now and i need some color in my life

[junior ember]

very straight lines, as well as no sharp edges. Very rounded

[cloud fable]

Am i the only one that doesnt know what rendering a drawing means?

You can start coloring by adding a layer under the outlines, and just use the colors you want

This piece is a dump, so wont be completing it. But i can use it to show how i draw

[cloud fable]

Think you can simplify hands alot, not much a cartoon artist, but when creating one, you can cheat a bit

[abstract shuttle]

Thank you all!

[cloud fable]

My character looks like he’s on drugs ahaha

[visual idol]

everything i draw looks like a femboy

what should i do

[vestal vale]

Big strong daddy jawline if you're drawing men

More rounded if you're drawing women

[cloud fable]

Anyone knows how to improve?

The problems ive found so far that i will try to improve to are:
-jerky movement, too much jumping mostly found at the end of the animation
-layer management, i keep forgetting to seperate the layers, so i have to clean every frames leading to smudgy frames
-hands consistent size, for some reason i keep making the hands smaller every frames.

Idk what other problems there are

Also have these two with similar problems

[teal cairn]

Rather than simply tilting them back and forth you could animate it so that they actually get pushed backwards from the recoil to show a little more power in the shots

Idk anything about guns though

[cloud fable]

I actually tried that on the pistol, but I made it too strong and gave me too much work trying to track the slider with the hands.

I'll consider it tho, cause all I'm doing on the rifles is rotating them slightly

Thanks friend

[vestal vale]

Exactly

[vestal vale]

You're bringing back nostalgic memories with that one

I miss middle school😫

[cloud fable]

Erm

You from America?

😳

[vestal vale]

Nope

Europe lol

[cloud fable]

Ah, you just mean that you've animated guns before. I thought it was something else xd

[vestal vale]

Oh

Yeaaaah...

Animated

[cloud fable]

O-O

[teal cairn]

The pistol was actually well animated

I love the barrel tilt

Its
Chef kiss

[cloud fable]

I spent more on the barrel than the hands ahaha

Think most time spent tho is on the slider

The slider on the m1 garand too

[teal cairn]

You really have some potential

Keep that spirit risin!

[cloud fable]

Thanks friend. Still looking for criticism tho xd

Maybe I'm a masochist

[vestal vale]

Just like me

[blissful iron]

Guys i'm new here and i'm terrible drawing, is it ok to join voice channels and draw really bad?

Idk if it's like a close group of friends or anyone can join

[vestal vale]

It's no problem

Also, does anyone have a good tutorial on hair?

[cloud fable]

I'm bald so I guess I cant

[vestal vale]

How's the hair?

[foggy schooner]

Gud

[dense pagoda]

The hair looks good but if you end up coloring it at some point you could add details and highlights

Maybe a little bit of shading where the hair goes behind the neck if you know what I mean, but I think it looks amazing!

[normal belfry]

Looking for criticism

[narrow pike]

KEKW

[vestal vale]

Looks great!

[cloud fable]

Cant really tell with the sketch lines

For now, its the eye brows.
the length and size of the eye brows is a bit wrong, im guessing youre using the reference’s eyebrow style, so id go off that. The left eyebrow (relative to our view), is too short, it should be as long as the eyes.

[spice marlin]

The perspective of the nose is throwing off the drawing, maybe you could change the point of the nose (maybe move it downwards) along with the nostrils.

[teal cairn]

If anyone can give me an tip how to make the arms better

[quasi yarrow]

Maybe something to show perspective between the arm and hand

[teal cairn]

It even looks worse now

Welp i guees ill stick with the original design

[narrow gorge]

How can I draw eyes

[static wyvern]

Try omori eyes (This is not a helpful tip)

Then start building off of it

[spice marlin]

Line work is good, maybe add a little bit of texture to the fur?

[narrow gorge]

I’ll try

[narrow gorge]

Finished

[cloud fable]

Kinda think thin eyes dont match the thick line styles, enlarge it maybe?

[teal cairn]

The cat one peice is realll

[cloud fable]

Meow meow

[shadow fractal]

is there like a website that shows how to draw the human body in certain positions (i wanna learn to draw bodies bc im pretty bad at doing it)

this is for art btw at my class so

[lean zephyr]

Any tips? She looks kinda off but its 12 am so im gonna work on this tomorrow

[merry plaza]

i think its the eyes, mouth and nose placement

other than that its quite good

[quasi yarrow]

The shoulder looks kinda goofy

[cloud fable]

hmm, the head and body size ratio does not match maybe?

The arms are a bit messed up but

the head and shoulder should be 1:1.2 ration

i actually made the head too wide actually

[lucid bough]

how do I post images here?

nvm

[lean zephyr]

I suck at bodies 😭

Ok what do u think now?

[vagrant dawn]

anything improvable

besides the background

[lean zephyr]

I would say the fingers

The thumb actually

[vagrant dawn]

just the thumb?

[lean zephyr]

Yeah otherwise i think it looks really good!

[vagrant dawn]

okay thank god, did not want to redraw the whole hand.

[lean zephyr]

Lmao also i think on the fingers the nails look kinda weird (if they are nails)

[vagrant dawn]

true

[rich beacon]

is it good?

[pure oxide]

Nice I like it a lot :0

[orchid blade]

how do we get art perm role?

[thick wagon]

#🎟│upload-guidelines

[orchid blade]

thanks

[narrow gorge]

Finished

Thanks for the tip @static wyvern

[static wyvern]

Omori eyes ftw ig

[cloud fable]

Ftw

[golden salmon]

i found a pic off pinterest and decided to draw it
never finishing this

[cloud fable]

You're a wizard potter

[vagrant dawn]

anything improvable/ anything too wrong?

[teal cairn]

i dont see anything wrong, i love the drawing!

[vagrant dawn]

thanks :D, after a bit of observation of my own, i saw that i made the chest a bit too wide so i shrunk it down a bit, but thanks non the less glad you like it

[weak hornet]

I think it’s the neck/shoulders

[vagrant dawn]

i fixed the shoulders so the neck should looks okayer

anyways i finished check it out on #🎨│my-art

[vagrant dawn]

anything improvable?

give actual feedback

instead of being impolite.

it really isnt.

[tender stratus]

nah it is

that shits ass

[vagrant dawn]

theee left side?

like my left or..?

oh yeah tru

Give me 1 year to not be a minor

and give me 30 bucks

[tender stratus]

you can do it

[vagrant dawn]

your brother

anything else?

[tender stratus]

y7eah my brother

[vagrant dawn]

its a sketch, ill fix it tomorrow when im doing line art

[tender stratus]

can you draw him in a femboy outfit itll look better

[vagrant dawn]

i was going to lift the shoulder a bit but i forgot

i forgor 💀

[tender stratus]

does she have fetal alcohol syndrome

[tender stratus]

damn she looks like a whole huh,.. hah... huhhuh!

[vagrant dawn]

I feel like this guy wont stay here long.

your...... what?

[tender stratus]

uh his boyfriend? are you homophobic?

[vagrant dawn]

no

[tender stratus]

yes you are

why question it you homophobe

[vagrant dawn]

im just not going to talk to you, not worth.

[tender stratus]

oh so you wont talk to me cuz im black now?

[vagrant dawn]

im just confused on why you chose him

ah i see.

[tender stratus]

oh yeah youre confused because im black arent you

you dont want a white man dating a black man do you

you think i should be owned instead right?

[vagrant dawn]

im black.

damn dude.

[tender stratus]

hes transracial acshually

[cloud fable]

Interesting

[cloud fable]

Pretty hard to improve anything, but the hoodie tie, or strings position is kinda bothering me

It's just placed in a flat line, I think just moving the left string up a bit would be fine

[vagrant dawn]

So its just a placement issue right?

[cloud fable]

Yes

[vagrant dawn]

Alr ty

[cloud fable]

Don't mind the other two btw, they're just trolling

[vagrant dawn]

I figured

[cloud fable]

Actually, now that I'm looking at it. Maybe the sleeves on the hand, feels like it's floating ain't it?

I'm not sure how you'd do it, but since the sleeve is not touching the hand, it looks as if there's no support

[vagrant dawn]

Yeah i asked someone else and they said the same thing

I keep forgetting gravity is a thing.

Well you did start with unhelpful critisism

But you did give actual feedback later so thanks for that.
Regardless you are still a troll.

[vagrant dawn]

Its meh,

[teal cairn]

Shit

[wicked summit]

Draw 1 bird then you become god at drawing

[cloud fable]

Chipi

[rich beacon]

If I may, the wing is kinda odd to me because at resting position, the lower arm should hide the hand, and so, the hand coverts and flight feathers should go backwards relatively to the arm and not sidewards, though that's very nitpicky and I LOVE IT.

[teal cairn]

My man's a gigachad

[vagrant dawn]

You cant draw birds wrong, they are just too cute.

[vagrant dawn]

[teal cairn]

I can draw everything wrong :/

[vagrant dawn]

Send me a drawing of a bird.

[teal cairn]

Man my bird would look like a abomination

ima draw it later

[teal cairn]

You got any advice on how to get better at drawing bodies?

[vagrant dawn]

Study anatomy, practice gesture drawing

Thats about it.

Have good funvtionability ( if thats a thing. )

[wicked summit]

Simply study anatomy when I say anatomy I mean
Every bone
Every muscle
Every vein
Every blood cell and how they flow

[vagrant dawn]

Functionability

[vagrant dawn]

Just bone a muscle

And*

[wicked summit]

not just bone just about the whole skeleton they not as hard as the muscles

[vagrant dawn]

Draw the whole skelee and add the muscle.

[wicked summit]

I would just simplified the important one and and draw only them and some other like bicep tricep bla bla bla

[teal cairn]

Man bloodcells?

[wicked summit]

Not blood cell

[rich beacon]

I mean,there are a few visible veins in the arm and neck and head

[vagrant dawn]

Try to take shortcuts that wont affect the look of the body, like simplifying the body to different shapes, you dont have to learn anatomy completely.

[rich beacon]

Like the one they do blood samples from

[wicked summit]

If you are muscular and buff then alot of vein show

[vagrant dawn]

For me ( a dude with a simple artstyle ) veins arent a necessary detail.

But for more realistic stuff veins are a must.

[rich beacon]

Respectable, just for when you draw an angry man, to know the structure of the temple veins

[wicked summit]

Vein in head

[vagrant dawn]

Ill just look up "pissed angry man with viens" and use that as a ref

[rich beacon]

Unlike how so many people put them in the middle of the forehead

[vagrant dawn]

Veins aren't really complicated

[rich beacon]

True

[wicked summit]

🌚

[vagrant dawn]

Demon slayer has alot of veiny fellas

So i take refrences from there.

[wicked summit]

Because theyre mad

[vagrant dawn]

Not really

[wicked summit]

Theyre sweaty as well

I love the breathing animation 🤤

[vagrant dawn]

What do you expect? They are slaying demons.

And breathing 24/7

[wicked summit]

🌚

[rich beacon]

What does 🌚 mean

[vagrant dawn]

Cheese

[rich beacon]

Where's Wallace and Gromit

I think they've already heard that

[teal cairn]

No matter how much i try i cant draw bodies

[rich beacon]

What are you able to draw?

[teal cairn]

Hmm lets think
Peni- i mean heads

Is my man rewriting the bible

He writes for so long

[rich beacon]

Can you add a neck under the head? If yes, what about a torso? Then arms, then legs, then focus on the tough parys like hands, feet, ears.
Start fron adding a new body part to the one you know, study its structure (bones and musculature, veins as well) untill you can draw it well as well, th n repeat

[teal cairn]

I can do necks too

Torsos not so much

Legs and arms etc too

But sure ill study some anatomy

Spoiler: im too lazy

Thanks for the advice

[rich beacon]

can I get feedback?

[vagrant dawn]

The proportions look a little off, the right wing looks likr its de attached, try moving it closer to the bird, and tilting it a few degrees to the left.
Also the tail is on ground level which seems unrealistic. Try making it horizontal rather then diagonal.

Other than that its definantly a bird.

I suggest looking up bird anatomy and compare it to your drawing and make some self critique to find out what you did wrong when drawing a bird. You'll be able to learn better that way.

[teal cairn]

Ima show u the best thing i can draw

[vagrant dawn]

Is it anime girls?

[teal cairn]

😳

No?

[vagrant dawn]

Sorry i meant boys.

[teal cairn]

I kinda dont have perms

[rich beacon]

The tail was like this in the reference, so was the wing position

[rich beacon]

#🎟│upload-guidelines

[vagrant dawn]

Check roles. I think

[teal cairn]

K

[vagrant dawn]

Still looks off to me. But i could be wrong so

[teal cairn]

Im laughing at this abomination but dont say i didnt warn ya that it would be bad

Its shit

Idk how to improve tbh

[vagrant dawn]

Id share my how to get better at drawing playlists that compose of over 100 videos with you.

[teal cairn]

Okeh

Gimme da link

[vagrant dawn]

check dms

[teal cairn]

Okeh

[strong anvil]

Any tips on rendering? It looks odd

[rich beacon]

The lighting is kinda odd for me, is it like in the reference? the hair, cheeks and nose bridge are the one that stand our the most, they look kinda flat.

[strong anvil]

OKK TYY

I’m trying to use Pinterest references cause I forgot how to render

I was trying to follow this but it was confusing

[rich beacon]

Try to think of the whole 3d shape of the face: the more the part faces the light source (or more precisely but less understandably, ||the closer the angel between the normal vector of the tangent plane in the point and the vector from the light source to the point to zero,|| ||Which I might rewrite as the more the tangent plane at a point faces the light source||), the more enlightened the it should be, and the less it faces the light source, the darker, if ignoring reflections from the surroundings.

[vagrant lichen]

how to get back into art after you got busy and unmotivated? any tips?

trying to force myself to draw is so painful but i used to love it. idk what happened

[rich beacon]

Turns out that there's another thing that could be almost as important if not more than veins: ligaments, especially the propatagial that prevent wings from over extending. They determine the wing's shape as much as the bones do.

[rich beacon]

I made a mistake, drew on two following pages with B8, and one of them is blurring the other one. I learn form this to only draw once in two pages to not mess the drawings. what's the darkest pencil that doesn't dirty a touching page?

[vagrant dawn]

check dms

ill send it to you

[cloud fable]

Looking great wither!

[vagrant dawn]

for a poorly done ref sheet, is it fine enough to give an artist a sense of how the clothes look?

ty :D

[vagrant dawn]

up arrow

[untold plover]

can someone give any advice for ms paint

[rich beacon]

Tip - if you want to get rid of a guideline or a sketch you drew on with another colour, you may choose the sketch's colour as the transparent colour.

[vagrant dawn]

.

[safe trench]

DUDEEE

Gimme that ish 😂

[narrow gorge]

How can I make this better?

[small iris]

everything

[small iris]

u need every bit of help go look at refrences is the number 1 tipo

im not rlly here for art tips but just give me ur opinion and what u think ig

i dont draw digital so im kinda as on digital

[quasi yarrow]

The eyes look kinda red

[small iris]

Was rushing as u can see I was trying to find the right shade and I gave up

[lime osprey]

guys how do you sketch portrait faces

[quasi yarrow]

So you weren't tryinghard

[small iris]

😂

Unlike everyone else my gartic
doesn't let me trace my colors if that's what u call it

so I have to take screenshots of the color number Everytime so I can get the shade again

[small iris]

Wdym sketch

[small iris]

here is how is shade the bottom of the eyews

do the same with skin if u want

[lime osprey]

The drafted circular and straight line thingy for the face proportion

[small iris]

idk what ur talking about send me a screenshot or smth

[lime osprey]

This fine line before you do the complete drawing

Im kinda bad at it

[small iris]

i havent done that since 2nd grade

[small iris]

ur doing good i dont see the issue

[lime osprey]

Thanks man

[rich beacon]

Before I start to shade, can I get feedback?

[hexed vapor]

very gud

[lime osprey]

Wonderful

[cloud fable]

Whats the animal?

[rich beacon]

Cinereous vulture

[small iris]

Idrk everything's good

[cloud fable]

Im not sure what the neck part is, if its the wings or something. But maybe make the feather extend beyond the initial shape of the neck

Cause right now, it doesnt feel like it goes around, it just stops there and get cut off. Even showing the outline

Feathers and fur often hides the outline

Btw, it mustve taken a long time to make the doted feathers. I just didnt care enough and just used a weird brush i found

[lime osprey]

Uh probably add some more lines for the black fur? So like it shows the connection to the around-neck one. Idk

Not sure bro

[rich beacon]

That's a griffon vulture, cinereous vultures has a ruff that goes all the way to the back of the head

[rich beacon]

Hmm... On one hand, it already is extending a lot beyond the neck's shape, on the other, I don't really like how the feathers on the edge of the ruff look static, flat.

[lime osprey]

Ohh i see, mb

[vagrant dawn]

theres something about this i dont like, i cant figure out why tho

Give feedback (helpful feedback)

[cloud fable]

mmm, i can feel somehting wrong with the thumb. im in a game rn, so maybe later ill point it out

[vagrant dawn]

besides the hands. ( ill fix them in the lineart stage )

[solemn fractal]

maybe the absence of a nose?

I mean, you should not draw the nose fully, but at least nominally it should be(i think)

[vagrant dawn]

how funny would it be if i give this beautiful woman a hyper realistic nose

[vagrant dawn]

i added a circle, it should trick the brain to tell it theres a nose there

[small iris]

There's no nose and the hands aren't drawn correctly and the hair is too big and the head is too small

[vagrant dawn]

Everything you said in this message has either been said or already been fixed.
Thanks tho

[lime osprey]

Seems fine, its afterall art style. If for me i’ll move the head down abit and slightly bigger

[cloud fable]

How do i fix the legs? Feels too thicc for his hips

This is just the sketch, ill fix the chest later on

But idk about the legs

Nvm, i give up on this piece

[lime osprey]

Is that left leg. I think it turns side way too much to be in a front perspective

[cloud fable]

Dw man, i deleted it already, gonna restart on a piece i can actually work on

[vagrant dawn]

exactly, thanks for the feedback

[vagrant dawn]

the hand looks bad, and i cant fix it.

please help

[tall sparrow]

it kinda looks fine— just shade it and make the nail lines less visible

[solemn fractal]

the fingernail of the index finger is too sharp compared to the others

[vagrant dawn]

true.

[rich beacon]

Also adding a bit of the finger joints can make them less short and flat

[vagrant dawn]

Everytime i draw joints i make the hand look old, i kinda fixed it tho

Still Wip

[lime osprey]

Dont know if its too late but the thumb is abit too far/low from the other fingers. Other than that it looks all good, nice coloring

[vagrant dawn]

ill see what i can do, thanks!

[orchid pine]

it might be that the hand looks like it's the same width as the arms due to the sleeve. in which case you should probably leave it

[steep lantern]

Hello how can I improve on my inking or should I say my line work

I struggle sometimes when inkling digital

[lime osprey]

It depends on the artstyle. Maybe practice alot and find which fits your artstyle, mine took a big while

[jovial bone]

how draw toes

[quasi yarrow]

Start with something easy like drawing fingers and then make them more toe-shaped

[orchid pine]

i use the same 3 poses when i draw my character standing i want more idle poses

[vagrant dawn]

eh hands are a bit of a pain to draw, ill learn how to draw them later, thanks for any hand feedback tho.

Finished version will be posted on #🎨│my-art

[fallen ledge]

nice

[quasi yarrow]

How do you get this thing

[steep lantern]

Hello how can I replicate the one piece wano anime bush effect

On procreate

[quasi yarrow]

[cloud fable]

Gahhh

I felt that pain in my heart

And it's the terraria boss as well

[quasi yarrow]

yeah i posted what i had saved in event drawings

[latent locust]

I need help with colouring the hair, I don't know how to not make it look jelly'ish

[rich beacon]

Take it with a grain of salt, but maybe enwidening the contrast between the shadows and lights in the hair improve it?

[rotund ridge]

Waddya think?

[lost mountain]

Tried my best🥲

[steady trench]

Try to section the hair instead of making it look like individual strands

It would probably fit more with your art style

[lost mountain]

Oh ok thank you a lot! ❤

[lime osprey]

Feel smth off with the face

[hushed mango]

Looks completely fine to me

[hushed mango]

Eyes are supposed to be almost parallel with the ears, you've positioned too low which makes the forehead look gigantic

Like 2/3 of the face is just the forehead at the moment

[latent locust]

Could you explain more about enwidening the contrast?

Brah idk what it means

🪳

[hushed mango]

Try sectioning the hair instead of 1 solid mass if you're going with this rendering style

[latent locust]

Thanks, I'll try doing something about it next time I draw

[rich beacon]

Wgat I meant is to make the shadows darker by a bit

[latent locust]

Ohh okay

[inland narwhal]

New to the comic book style, based off the old tmnt comics, any tips would be appreciated, thanks 🙃

[inland narwhal]

added body

[rotund ridge]

I think the head looks a little bit 2d compared to the 3d shaped body, maybe position the mouth and the eyes to compensate for the angle of the body

But the shading style looks really good

[solemn fractal]

By the way, at what point did it dawn on you that you didn't care at all about how the shadows should actually be positioned?

I just got the idea only with the use of AI

After all, he can absolutely misplace the shadows, but it will still look beautiful

[inland narwhal]

Yeah I thought the head didn’t quite fit with the body, I’ll probably redo the head tomorrow

[inland narwhal]

I’m kinda new to using shadows and lighting etc. I just kind of guessed where would be shadowed 😂

[hard cave]

wait

why cant i upload images here?

[hard cave]

yall got any advice

[steady trench]

The hand looks disproportionately large compared to the face, maybe try to make it smaller?

[hushed mango]

The hand is very large

[rancid pecan]

this hand bigger than my girl friends ass

[vagrant dawn]

pls help :p

I want to animate them, but i cant draw their hair in a side profile.

[teal cairn]

can i get her nummber

[shrewd field]

i’m having problems with head to body ratio. whenever i add a body it makes the head look to large, any tips?

[hushed mango]

Send a pic

[lime osprey]

Have you sketch it yet? It would be easier to fix the sketch. And uh after you draw the head, make the shoulder wider i think. Maybe another problem is the body’s too short.

[tardy quail]

I have the opposite my heads be too small

[latent locust]

her what

[teal cairn]

How do I get access to the art channels?

[steady trench]

#🎟│upload-guidelines

[steady trench]

You could try flipping it?

One of the sides of hair is larger than the other but I think it’s supposed to be a front view

Idk

[teal cairn]

Yeah, the face looks wonky now that I flipped it. thanks

The hair was supposed to be asymmetrical, i think, but even so it doesn’t look right

[vagrant dawn]

;

[obtuse pecan]

i can give anime advice and mu drawing style looks sorta like genshin’s. i give proportion and anatomy advice, but not coloring since i suck st coloring.

[obtuse pecan]

good hand, but slightly big. The hand should be 1/2 the size of the face, but the hand movement is very natural and the shape is really good.

[obtuse pecan]

the back looks kinda disproportionate on the bottom part

the proportion forma kid is 1:5 as in head and rest of the body. Adults are 1:7. Hope this can help!

[obtuse pecan]

sorry, the upper one was 4 u. And also, the upper body including the head to the lower body is 1:1

[vagrant dawn]

that's kind of where i got inspired for the hair

but thanks anyway

[obtuse pecan]

eheh

give roast

@vagrant dawn i suggest u to make the hair simpler since u’re animating, and u should determine the side profile and the back first. Or just make the hair simpler for side profile uses.

[vagrant dawn]

Ill make the hair simpler but it will still maintin that shape

[vagrant dawn]

Idk if it me or not but the placement of the eyes seems slightly off.
I recommend looking at a 3 model of a skull and turning it to an angle similar to her head.
That should give you a good sense of where the eyes should go.

Keep in mind that i didnt put much thought into this so i could possible be wrong,but i still wanted to share with you what i thought looked off.
Either way it looks good!

[obtuse pecan]

Thanks!

[latent locust]

I don't think this looks right, is there any problem with the shadows?

[quasi yarrow]

Maybe make the hair in the back under the ear a bit darker

[lime osprey]

I think the chin and jawline is abit off

[obtuse pecan]

tell me where is the light coming from and I'll tell u
Also the ears are off and the chin is indeed too flat

[latent locust]

I don't have a background so I guess it's from above

Ah

Noticed the lights in the eyes

Wrong direction

Btw I'll go look up some more references about heads it seems I'm lacking knowledge about them

Thanks guys

[latent locust]

Okay fixed, any more problems with it?

[inland narwhal]

looks much better

[obtuse pecan]

It's a lot better now

[vagrant dawn]

very good

[obtuse pecan]

Open to dms asking 4 anime advice

Also I'm going to anger some ppl but
Hands r easy to draw

[quasi yarrow]

Nuh uh

[obtuse pecan]

THey are I had too much practice that's it

[quasi yarrow]

Well they are still hard to draw in gartic (especially really small)

[polar acorn]

I love ducks

[rich beacon]

And the trapezius is a bit odd as well

[polar acorn]

Top right????

[short monolith]

Anatomy or shading tips? (I have a very limited assortment of markers)

[quasi yarrow]

the right hand looks a bit goofy boofy but thats it

[obtuse pecan]

Good job on the muscles. The twist seems a little unnatural. Also the chest is a little too down. The feet r amazing.

[short monolith]

Inking error so I had to improvise 😅

[short monolith]

Gracias everyone comments on the pose so I should make it look more natural 😂

[obtuse pecan]

The thing is good tho. U did a deep and detailed dive on those muscles

[quasi yarrow]

ah ok

[obtuse pecan]

Anyways, always happy 2 help

[peak nacelle]

Should I get one of those pen things if I’m drawing on mobile

Cuz idk

[obtuse pecan]

Apple pencils and that stuff? Totally. Drawing with your fingers on mobile is torture and it's hard to control the lines.

[peak nacelle]

Thank you

[earnest eagle]

I’m trying to draw eyes that is looking upwards like Luke from New Hope poster but I’m failing miserably what should I do?

[obtuse pecan]

Send reference and I can help

[earnest eagle]

Can I just… send my sketch?

in dm? since I can’t send pic here…

[rich beacon]

#🎟│upload-guidelines

[earnest eagle]

oh thanks

well this looks like s##t…

[earnest eagle]

I really should do it differently next time.

[obtuse pecan]

You're overdoing the muscles. THat's why. Also the bottom legs are too buff. The arms r fine tho.

[quasi yarrow]

1 papercut and he dead

[obtuse pecan]

How did u become top member @quasi yarrow

[quasi yarrow]

for being in vc's for a long time

(definitely not 12 hours)

[obtuse pecan]

oh

[quasi yarrow]

🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯

[obtuse pecan]

Well **** I can't roast that

Too good
Also I'm not fit to say anything in this area of art too

Focalors drawing go roast
I know the face is kinda weird and the hat is out of place and that the shoulder is incorrect

Pls roast this

[hybrid crow]

We shouldn't roast drawings. I mean it's kind of mean.. and plus even if it is a joke someone else could see that and feel bad because they might have a similar art style and feel insecure. But uh, that's just what I think.

Also, nice drawing I like it : >

[obtuse pecan]

Thanks

[earnest eagle]

Tried to do primarch and they’re proportioned like a brickhouse…

[edgy tide]

Sadly, that is other game company drawings

Copyright problem 👀

[earnest eagle]

Maybe I should stick to drawing anime characters…

[jovial oar]

qow

[earnest eagle]

how can I better this?

[quasi yarrow]

The forehead is a bit too small and the muzzle is kinda big

[earnest eagle]

noted

[quasi yarrow]

[obtuse pecan]

Sorry if I'm too harsh but the bamboo isn't straight, the eyes are not the same (but honestly, none of us can do that), and the hair should be in clusters if it's anime because that will help a lot. The nose and mouth are too high up, and the chin is too round.

[earnest eagle]

Thanks for pointing out my mistakes

and how do I draw human hand?

[obtuse pecan]

U can DM me perhaps but here u go.
If nothing works, try drawing a puppet's hand and the shape of the joints. U don't really have to worry that much abt muscles in the hand since it's anime but u have to get the basic shape right. Don't draw finger by finger, draw sillhoutte of the hand then do the lines.
Hope this helps!

[earnest eagle]

tysm!!

[obtuse pecan]

And make sure to determine where the fingers r going and make a circle on the hand 4 that. I promise, it'll make things easier.

[earnest eagle]

Mk

[obtuse pecan]

And for references (this is 4 everyone) this might help

[earnest eagle]

Alrite

[obtuse pecan]

u can always dm me if u have any problems with anime just not coloring problems since I can't fix that

[uncut mauve]

any1 got anything they think i can improve with drawing in this style? only done three pieces in this style ever and here they are. trying to go for a kind of caricature vibe

and dont hold anything back, i want to improve and need honest opinions for that

[obtuse pecan]

Make sure that your lines are smoother. THe second one's face lines must be smoother. And as I see, you're supposed to exaggerate your facial expressions more. You can practice by drawing not calm faces, like if your character is happy, sad or stuff. The noses needa be smoother tho.
Hope this helps.

[uncut mauve]

ty! this really does help (:

[hollow axle]

hello guys

l

😄

how can i send my drawings?

[uncut mauve]

go to #🎟│upload-guidelines and press the green button

[copper viper]

Destroy me with criticism and give me advice please

[rich beacon]

Regarding destructive criticism: the rib cage has about 12 ribs on each side, which connect to the spine in the back and most connect to the sternum in front. You forgot the sternum, clavicles, scapulas, and coccyx; split the femur in two, drew the tibia, fibula, ulna, and radius too curved, and the fingers are not the correct length. The spine, skull and palm are misshapen, though though it happens often in a very stylized drawing.

Regarding advice: use references. Both for the shape, for the proportions, and for the shadows, references are very important. The more you draw, preferably from more angles and perspectives, the better you will draw. In an adult human, the rib cage, the femur, and the distance from the knee to the heel are all twice as long as the skull, and their body height is eight times greater.

though one could argue that with a ribcage and pelvis, the coccyx and scapulas shouldn't be seen

[copper viper]

God damn

Thanks my guy

If you know any good references that depict the exact names and locations of the bones can you send it to me in dms

[obtuse pecan]

The bones for the arm are too wide and that is indead not enough ribcages. Where's the joints? Also, the bones for the legs are not accurate. The nose is diformed, and the skull should be a little higher for the forehead. The eyes are a little deformed.

[rich beacon]

In their defence, the eyes look like they're bleeding or leaking ink

so if that's intentional it's fine

[obtuse pecan]

true

[merry snow]

What do y’all think

[obtuse pecan]

Stylist choice: The hips are too wide for the second one.
Also, the lips for the first one a too wide and large. The breasts shouldn't be hanging by that much.

[rich beacon]

tips for shading feathers?

[zenith field]

Add the shading on where all the lines are, put a darker colour of that colour under each line and voila!

[scenic igloo]

I tried my best, I use mouse so the lines are wacky. any learning tips for a mouse user? ://

looks like shit compared to what I can draw on paper :c

[rich beacon]

As a mouse user, my main tip will be to just do over and over, untill it feels good. The faster the line, the straighter and the less disturbed by movements of the palm, but control is limited. Chicken scrapes can work in limited occasions like making fluffy things but continuous lines are normally better like on paper, don't be afraid to draw without weighted curving to make your palm muscles' control better, and most importantly, you're already doing awesome and it's better than anything I could draw (I'm not good with humans, trying not to be mediocre with animals currently, see #🔎│art-advice▪tip message for an example).
In conclusion, like with learning most other things, the secret is just to do it a lot.

[scenic igloo]

I appreciate it alot, noted.

[merry snow]

Tips???

[obtuse pecan]

The shape is wrong for both. For the second, the mouth is supposed to me more at the right.

[tough barn]

Hi, please dont hold back, i wanna improve. I think the weakest parts are definitely the backround and the hair

[sterile plume]

add more strands to the hair. if you like the look of a big clump and no stray strands, then that’s ok, but if you are looking for a new style, maybe add more detail to it for more balance with the rest of the art piece.

for the background you might want to change the colour saturation around if you have not already done so. maybe a more edgy and darker look will fit better with how the character looks and is positioned.

i really like your character’s expression and how their head is tilted back, it shows emotion. i also very much like the colour palette you have chosen for this art piece. it is very consistent and not too harsh on the eyes.

[thorn stump]

LOVE THE DRAWING! However I feel it needs some darker colors in parts to really bring out more details and features in the drawing, like darker outlines and such. Her hair is kinda flat so maybe some more texture and strands would make it pop. Some brighter highlights too would add to the realism, like an extra color, yellow or off shade white. Her metal armor should also glisten and glow more so add some bright white highlights and shines on that too, with some darker shading in parts, I might even suggest adding yellow and other shades of orange and red to bring out the metals contrasting colors better. Her right hand has overly round knuckles, maybe add more point and edge to em. And for future reference her silhouette is a little closed off, maybe give her more open and wider poses to great a more distinctive silhouette, silhouette theory is very important! Also I'd change something about the fact that her hair covers so much of the hammer that it's hard to tell it's a hammer at first glance. I also have a suspicion you used a blur tool on the background, which isn't a bad idea, but in this situation there wasn't much to really blur because the "camera" would have nothing to focus or not focus on yk, it's mostly color, but the blur makes it look a little dull and stuff, so maybe just use lighter colors and cool tones to add distance and stuff to backgrounds. But all in all this is beautiful! I love your art! Keep up the good work!

[tough barn]

Thanks!

[tough barn]

Thanks!

ill try to keep these tips in mind when doing another piece

[thorn stump]

Looking good, though I recommend sending more complete photos for better judgement. I'll talk about the left one cause it's more complete; the chin is a little small, the nose should be longer, and from the looks of it the forehead is a bit small based on the sketch, remember it's good to draw in hairline on the skull to account for how much forehead a person has, don't be afraid of some forehead length. Maybe add more light shades and highlights in the eyes for more life, and for some stylization you could give her an expression maybe? Drawing expressions is great practice for realism! She could use some eyelashes too, and I suggest some more arches on the shape of the eyes, eyes aren't perfect oval shapes after all. I think her cheek bones are a bit sharp and high too, but maybe that's a style choice, and speaking of which, never be afraid to add some art style to realistic drawings, maybe it's not 100% accurate but sometimes that makes art look better. I'd give more advice but I'd like to see more complete drawings first so I don't give bad advice, but im not an expert as realism so take what I say with a grain of salt

[teal cairn]

hi

what is this server for?

[teal cairn]

tell me

[quasi yarrow]

Gartic

[rich beacon]

#✅│all-gartic-games #👋│welcome #🎥│videos-and-news

[edgy tide]

or id:guide

[normal belfry]

Any tips on how to make male thighs and feet? I seriously struggle with them

[rich beacon]

Really depends on body type, though normally the shoulders should be a bit wider than the hips.

[rustic yew]

I need advice on making backgrounds, I suck at it and need some help, also maybe some other tips too if u see anything worth noting (this is un finished art)

Also I need recommendations for free art programs on PC

[rare isle]

Hi

[torn iron]

How do you unlock layers

[edgy tide]

Hey, that is not official feature. You can fine the layers in the Chrome Web Store.

[lyric fern]

[edgy tide]

https://chrome.google.com/webstore

You can fine in there. For search Gartic.

[edgy tide]

Sadly I'm not using 3rd party app. So I don't know..

[untold grove]

Hi, I need help on how to improve coloring. What are some good colors which compliment each other well? What other colors could be added? Any other things you may want to critique on like anatomy, you may. Please don't hold back!

[latent locust]

Can't help out, I'm pretty terrible myself tbh

[graceful coral]

I think adding a background could really boost this drawing and give it more , personality I guess

[shut trail]

Can anyone give me a tip on drawing body poses?

[plain flame]

depends on what type of body poses your going for

[shut trail]

Im kinda going for expressive body poses

[plain flame]

do you need like fighting poses or relaxed poses?

[plain flame]

like set a genre for me so i can understand better as to what side your leaning towards, cause if its relaxed poses thats easy if its fighting poses just dm me directly

[shut trail]

im trying to get better at relaxed poses than fighting. I'm trying to do poses that give off what the character is feeling, sad, angry ect.

[plain flame]

ok i see

so poses that show more emotion i gotcha

for sad poses typically what most people draw is the fetal position Knees to the chest, head buried in the arms, and curled in to a ball

to draw a position like is actually extremely easy

obviously the fetal position resembles a circle so you would start off with a circle

add another circle as to where the head would be placed and rough sketch lines or boxes as to where the legs and arms would go

[shut trail]

thank you, this will help me alot

[plain flame]

your welcome

as to angry poses just keep it tight and tucked in and ways to show the expression would consist of biting the knuckle of your finger with eyebrows focusing towards the bridge of the nose or hands placed on the head with teeth clenching to show frustration and anger

[shut trail]

I see

could you also do a sitting pose with it as well?

or would it look better standing?

[gloomy pumice]

Try going for a sketch of the pose before actually drawing the person maybe

[shut trail]

Smart, thanks for the tip

[latent locust]

Search mikeymegamega on youtube

[celest ice]

[shut surge]

One thing that i found really helpful but takes a while is doing timed figure drawings!

You basically draw a pose from a reference within a (very) limited time frame. It's very hard at first and usually doesn't look great but it immensely helps you with figuring out the important lines and shapes that make a pose work and dynamic.

This is smth that requires repetition but it's like, really really useful :>

If you google Line of action you'll find a great website dedicated to this stuff!

[drowsy path]

I need some advice on making the legs look more in place, i'm pretty bad in anatomy and something on this drawing is just off but i can't put my finger on what it is.... I would appreciate some tips on how to make it look more natural and relaxed please

[silk spruce]

head too small @drowsy path

[remote talon]

wait how do i upload my art in my art

[edgy tide]

Please checkout #🎟│upload-guidelines

[past mirage]

I’m a beginner in this style, so please give me your thoughts or some advice for this art style, and please don’t hold back. I need every bit of advice you have for me. I want so desperately to be better at art.

[steady trench]

Try to keep your lineart more consistent, since a lot of your outlines were varying in thickness. For example, the outlines on your hands were way thicker then the outlines on your shoes. This makes it look a little out of place. It doesn't have to be the exact same, but try not to make it drastically different.
A lot of your proportions were a little too exaggerated. For example, your hands are really big almost to the point of being off-putting.
Your shoes are also really inconsistent in their shape, I suggest you look at the small details on that.
Your hair is a little too simplistic, maybe add some extra parts? Don't add the individual strands, just add more sections.
If you want an example of an artstyle kind of similar to this that works really well, I suggest you look up Marikyuun's work. It looks pretty similar to this.

Have fun drawing :)

[glass jay]

²²

[teal cairn]

how to send image

[fleet torrent]

#🎟│upload-guidelines

[mint imp]

first time trying shading on a paper, for me it looks good but i wanna hear your thoughts

sorry if the pic looks bad tho 💀

[latent locust]

Anything wrong with this?

[abstract shuttle]

There is something wrong with the mouth but it is almost invisible soo, I think there is no problem.

[bronze root]

The hair shading too rough

[lavish wasp]

Hi

[iron mango]

kinda late but krita is a pretty good one thats free! i used csp before but i just use krita now

[hybrid crow]

I think the most important art tip in uh my opinion... is to remember that all of this.. is for fun and sometimes many of us get caught up in taking these things seriously. Now I'm not saying that you shouldn't strive to better. But what am saying is that you should always be reminded that you are talented you are amazing and this is just for fun and that you should not stress about any level of mistakes, they build you. Keep on going on. I believe in you all!

[copper viper]

Advice: cut corners

[latent locust]

[haughty flax]

K

[teal cairn]

i've recently been working on my pixel art skills, any tips?

[obtuse pecan]

Link huh? The hair is not exactly flowing right, and the hand can be better improved. His arms are kinda thin, and the hat can be improved too

[vagrant lichen]

WIP please lmk if there's anything to fix with the line art / anatomy

[wise plover]

the hand seems a bit big and the fingers are a little too short

[median grove]

does anyone have advice to new arms and hands?

[broken abyss]

Like a detailed human hand, or just a simple hand?

[quasi yarrow]

Draw a circle and 5 lines 👌

[versed quest]

Personal tip for myself: kms if I see 13yrs old Pinterest artists

[broken abyss]

What level are you?

I literally traced my hand just for the level 5 one 💀

[teal cairn]

Your hands are very sexual.

[zealous otter]

Malcolm

[broken abyss]

🤨😳

[copper viper]

What does this even mean

[sonic zodiac]

2010 💀

[median grove]

Simple hand

[reef scaffold]

use ur own as ref . ! or find sites that have a render of a hand && light sngles & such, they r easy to find if u look up things like "hand render artit reference" n stuff like that . ! also try and imagine the actual bones and they way they wuld attatch and bend, along w whether there should be a straight edge, inward, or outward edge

[timber saddle]

Hello guys , do you have any advices for learn how to draw ? I draw since two years but I still don't know what I'm really supposed to do for really learn .. because I don't draw really well and I almost never improve

[edgy tide]

Hi @prisma vapor,
We can't allow your messages due to Discord Server Guidelines & Discord Terms of Service.

I understand your sincere curiosity, but if you send the same type of message in the future, your account may be subject to action under Discord policy & our server rules.

[prisma vapor]

ah, DDLC art isn’t allowed?

[broken abyss]

Not that DDLC art isn't allowed, it's more of the subject of non-comedic death that's not allowed.

[prisma vapor]

Sayori’s death isn’t comedic tho, the community makes it comedic, the game treats it as the serious topic it is

[broken abyss]

Exactly, non-comedic death as in serious death.

[prisma vapor]

oh, i read it as comedic death

my bad

[broken abyss]

No worries, I somehow forgot the word "serious" too lol.

[edgy tide]

You can find the reasons below link.

https://discord.com/guidelines

[prisma vapor]

i don’t think it’s normalising or glorifying it tho, if the server rules say something different then fair enough

[edgy tide]

The problem is that you may not be justifying and glorifying it, but talking about it could be interpreted as glorification by someone who has no knowledge of your art, and it is also stated in the server #🎟│upload-guidelines that we do not allow gory images.

[prisma vapor]

fair enough then, my bad

[edgy tide]

Thank you for your understanding.

[prisma crown]

Guys any tips for how to draw hands? I've been practicing for a few days but stil cant get good at it help

[broken abyss]

Practice drawing the fingers like they're potato fries.

[hoary moat]

Look at your hand for reference, maybe take a picture of it in the needed position
Tracing might be helpful to understand how shapes work
Use guidelines, break the hand into different forms (hard to explain), for instance the palm is a 3d rectangle (don't remember the name), thumb is 2 cylinders, other fingers are 3 cylinders. The last cylinder (fingertip) is shorter than the other ones.
Draw the hand with basic shapes, then trace over them, smoothening everything. It will take practice, of course

[rancid niche]

hi

[teal cairn]

my drawings always look like this, any tips?

[thick tapir]

make longer strokes with the brush to make it less wobbly

[broken abyss]

The strokes should also be in quick succession.

[teal cairn]

the tools i'm working with aren't very good, i'm just using my laptop with a bad touchscreen

so it's pretty hard for things to look good

my drawings on paper are a lot better

[thick tapir]

try using a thicker brush, when i drew with my finger it made it easier to get straighter lines

once you get used to using touch screen your lines will get better trust

[broken abyss]

Oh, not to mention when the thing you're gonna draw doesn't have that much details (like a crewmate), a thicker brush is best suited.

[normal belfry]

any critics?

[onyx lintel]

I'm still working on it but for now what do you think ?

[red fjord]

Beautiful

[broken abyss]

Obviously, there could be something wrong with the shading. I'm a bit inexperienced in that department, so I want y'all to point out where I got it wrong.

Also this was a bit hastily-drawn too because I only did it for my friend, who asked me if I had an image of my OC, which I currently don't lol.

[teal cairn]

I don't know if I did something wrong but please tell me if I did🙏

[full perch]

joy boy has returned 🔥

[full perch]

amoge

[teal cairn]

why did you give salazzle no arms

[primal jackal]

does anyone have any good free art programs other than blender,firealpaca,and krita

[mint imp]

it was just a test 💀

[teal cairn]

ok

🙏was scared for a moment

[mint imp]

💀💀💀

[teal cairn]

also do you know how I can make art for pokemon gartiv channel

[mint imp]

?

[teal cairn]

#🐱│gartic-pokemon this one

[mint imp]

yes i know

[teal cairn]

they are lacking in several hundred pokemon

[mint imp]

ohh

[teal cairn]

I want to illustrate some to add to the bots randomizer

[mint imp]

try asking the staff? im not in that range of knowledge

[teal cairn]

aight

thx

[mint imp]

no problem

[astral spire]

Man how do I draw the same face from a different angle

Like I can draw a face really well, I can draw a face at an angle really well too. But I cant for the love of God draw the same face I drew in one angle on a different pose

It always ends up looking like a whole another person

[civic gust]

just have more shit

liike have more specific traits

other cahracters look different all the time but they just have traits like the same hair, an earring, or sumn

[small iris]

roblox drawing lol im not rlly a digital artist tho

and i suckat coloring

[copper viper]

Pencil2d, you can also animate in it

More animation based and Ok for drawing

[naive swift]

Anyone know better ways to blend in Gartic cuz I’m struggling

[small iris]

jeez

[naive swift]

this hurt my hand

and i fixed the brown dot

[naive swift]

The duck one kinda looks like AI but it’s hand drawn

[naive swift]

any tips?

[granite iris]

who wants to make fanart of my pine apple plant named patricia

[granite iris]

@teal cairn whould you want to do that

[granite iris]

some amasing guy named Guh made this does somebody thing they can do better let me know

[quasi yarrow]

Guh

[keen mortar]

G U H

[peak nacelle]

Guh.

[half tendon]

Patricia is gorgeous btw

[floral rapids]

Guh?

[granite iris]

That the guy who made it

[granite iris]

That's the guy who made it

[granite iris]

Nice

[rose linden]

Try making them rounder? Ofc there are different types of hands, slander and sharp like this, or smooth and soft, or long and boney, but it depends on what you were going for

[hollow nimbus]

i really like the shape of the palm and everything but you should make different lengths/size for each finger, palm, or how many fingers does that character have (Ford Pines, Gravity Falls for reference).

[teal cairn]

that's awesome

[teal cairn]

i'm trying to do among us hands but i'm really struggling, any tips?

[past mirage]

I feel like the hair is too flat.

Hmm… I think the fingers need to be different lengths.

[errant shuttle]

what did you use to draw it

[urban finch]

Not the greatest at art at all but I feel like the mouth is a little off. (Could just be me though)

[quasi yarrow]

I'm not entirely sure but I think that is ai generated

[pallid steeple]

It definitely is

[quasi yarrow]

Yeah now that im seeing it on my pc im sure it is

[pallid steeple]

You can see a bunch of defects that are in it and sharp changes that don't look to realistically done

It just doesn't feel right 🤷🏻‍♀️

[broken abyss]

BRO THE NOSE 😭

(The AI drawing btw)

[quasi yarrow]

you could move the left eye to the right a little like this:

[pallid steeple]

Yeah 😭

[pallid steeple]

💀💀💀

Crazyyy where'd they go 🤷🏻‍♀️

Lol

[past mirage]

Hey I got a dare from my friend I’m sry 💀

We’re at a sleepover rn lmao

Sry abt that lol 👍

[pseudo rock]

It the Anatomy