Artist General

[wary briar]

[turbid karma]

Look, you combined, let's say, 3 other people's works and took this and that from them, and added something of your own. And the original work came out. Absolutely everyone relies on something when creating art, and you do so even more so because you are a beginner, and this does not make you an imposter. On the contrary, you are good and learning, believe me, in time you will use less and less references

[elder trench]

thank you, and yeah i have found lots of thing i like and add bits and bobs here and there. its nice to hear that im not an impostor, i know that im not bad but it is what it is, its something i need to work on myself.
my dream is to one day be able to creat something from my own mind, im really greatfull for everyone here. i would not have bothered to get better withouht you guys

[crystal juniper]

sigh... noticed I had one layer turned off for my avatar drawing

fixed it on deviantart upload lol

[tall trench]

It's like your hair growing.

From day-to-day you don't notice a difference.

Only when you compare yourself now to a rather distant past will the improvement become apparent.

[elder trench]

have heard that before and its partly why i upload my drawings places, i can see how i get better bit by bit. its funny going back and having a look at some of the things i dodles in notebooks when i started out

[crystal juniper]

honestly... that's the way

I have uploaded like 99% of my drawings or something I got done...

[elder trench]

the best part is that some of my doodles werent half bad

so il redraw them one day

[turbid karma]

https://tenor.com/view/neurosama-neuro-sama-gif-11499204033432984688

[wary briar]

https://youtu.be/dvsDefzCm2k?si=2JiYtIK1Z8UC-lBy

good vid to watch

[elder trench]

hehe not really

[pastel knot]

ended up spending a good bit on a proper bg but honestly worth it

[elder trench]

so pretty

[tall trench]

Yo that's rad.

[turbid karma]

Looks really cool, but wouldn't the many green elements get lost on the green background?

[pastel knot]

wdym?

[jade loom]

You have unlocked new role

[crystal juniper]

congrats... you have unlocked new role

that green background looks fine

[turbid karma]

The character you're drawing has a lot of green clothing and magic too, won't they blend into the background?

[pastel knot]

nah i dont think so

the bg colors actually lean more towards a dark turquoise for the darker colors and yellowish for the highlights

and the glowy stuff in this particular image are near the dark parts

[turbid karma]

yeah, sick

[crystal juniper]

looking good

the bracelet reminds me how I kind of want to draw more adventurers or something with a fantasy armor and stuff

[worn briar]

is it just me or has there been an influx of irasutoya fanart on Twitter

[tall trench]

Oh so that's what the japanese stock image-looking characters's name is.

[wise stone]

You see those too? damn.

[proud birch]

Gyat

[crimson comet]

back

[tall trench]

Indeed

[brittle fern]

i managed to locate my old af miiverse account with a few drawings i used to do on art academy

[glacial estuary]

Use more colours like purple and blue

[crimson comet]

fuck

the prompt for today

this shit gonna be so ass

[eager kiln]

This looks nice!

[versed bridge]

Nice

[proud birch]

Thank you

[proud birch]

Okay wip

[elder trench]

holyshit that looks nice af. it somehow feels familiar

[proud birch]

Thank you

Oh it does?

I based the design on igris a bit

From solo levelling

[elder trench]

can see that a bit, but its something like deep withing my contiousness. like it feels oddly nostalgic like from the ps2 era

[proud birch]

Ohhh interesting

[elder trench]

like it could be the cover art for something or a game similar

[proud birch]

I recommend messing around with layer types

I found 2 cool variants

But thats not that the clients would like so

[elder trench]

holy they look so cool, like one is a dark dark night and the other skiny night

[versed bridge]

I see

[proud birch]

Haha the 1st one is overlay (basically overlaying the colors so if the color is light the surface becomes lighter and dark darker) other one is lighten where basically it lightens all colors its on top on

[elder trench]

[turbid karma]

another propaganda on the use of layer modes by borzoi

[elder trench]

layers modes are super based tho and clipping masks as well

[turbid karma]

I'm not saying it's bad, it's just funny that any chance borzoi gets, he's happy to tell you all about them

[elder trench]

he will spread the word of layer modes. and honestly i can see why because it simplifies things a lot

[proud birch]

Injecting the virus

[crimson comet]

banger

[wise stone]

Sicks, looks like Terraria's armor.

[proud birch]

Omg pog

You noticed

I have tons of refs from like

Endgame armor

[wise stone]

Yep, I knew it. that's the first things that comes up in my mind.

[wary briar]

[versed bridge]

Which armor?

[proud birch]

I have like refs from hallowed, solar and like stardust kinda

[versed bridge]

I see

[wise stone]

I see My first thought was like Titanium armor.

Many of Terraria hard mode armors look really fricking cool.

[versed bridge]

combining vanity is better tho

[wise stone]

what's that? If it's a Terraria mod, then I have no clue about it.

[versed bridge]

I meant Vanity items in Terraria

Basically a wardrobe of clothes

[proud birch]

Okay im done with this

[elder trench]

holy so good

[wise stone]

Oh that, They're cool too, but I like the hard mode armor more.

[proud birch]

Thank you i was worried it looks wack as hell cause its the first time im making medieval armor

[versed bridge]

It's pretty good :forsenOkay:

[wise stone]

Wait.... is this Sans?

[proud birch]

Oh no but it does look like it lmao

Really unconscious referencing from me

I love sans

[wise stone]

I mean, who doesn't?

[proud birch]

I love the developer items and developer dyes

[versed bridge]

They're pretty cool, but I like to decorate my character as cute

[wise stone]

Oh wait, I forgot about inktober.

Well, screw it. Imma do my own thing.

[versed bridge]

Good luck

[elder trench]

i hate colouring frills

[wise stone]

Oh that's what these are called. I learn something today.

[elder trench]

im not a master at them but im better than what i was last time. but colouring them inn is such a pain

[wise stone]

I feel that pain.

[elder trench]

thanks, but despite the pain i will prevail because it will be rewarding

[crystal juniper]

"morning" artists... it's not morning here XD

[elder trench]

gm

[crystal juniper]

thanks... I ended up drawing instead of going to bed as planned

[tall trench]

Frills are my doom.

[elder trench]

they are needlessly complex but super cute

[wise stone]

How many coffee did you take to stay up that late?

[crystal juniper]

oh if only... I got so focused that I didn't have even youtube video playing on background most of it

[elder trench]

i stopped doing stuff like that after messing up projects, untould amount of work hours thrown out the window because i missred one number

[crystal juniper]

yeah logically it makes sense... why not just go to "recharge" and then do it... but then the issue is that there is easily a side that is like "but we can do a bit more now" unless really feeling tired

[elder trench]

i understand that but it does not work when machining (i did drove rather competitive gokart before), that stuff is expensive and ireverable so when you mess up its just fucked. so i learn at the first dumb mistake it was time to take the night

[crystal juniper]

yeah makes sense

[elder trench]

should the leotard and arms be a darker colour

[turbid karma]

I had to google what a leotard is lmao

I think it needs to be darker

but it depends on the background

Also the dark leotard and arms will cause contrast with the white collar (I don't know what it's called) and thus the focus will be more on the face

[elder trench]

i just call the collar a bib, but yeah i can see what you mean

i have zero idea what to use for the background, thinking maybe just a pattern or a solid colour

[crystal juniper]

you could make fiery background... a lava river, a volcano, etc... kind of would fit to my impression at least of the character XD

[elder trench]

ehh im not good with backgroudnds like that. and the style i was going for was more lolita goth ish

so it would need to be more gothic to fit the style

[turbid karma]

The pattern could be something like a chessboard, for example

very fitting for evil and gothic style

[elder trench]

ohh yeah that could be nice

[crystal juniper]

could be also a simple mansion interior background

there are many options lol

[elder trench]

there is but i suck at adding 3d spaces. perspective and all that is something i jsut have to get better at and learn one day. therefore a simple flat background works well for me for now

[novel anvil]

not sure if theres anyone using photoshop here but does the angle thingy setting on the brush do anything different

[elder trench]

yes

[novel anvil]

how big of a difference really since ive been running the photoshop brush on the defaults the whole time

[elder trench]

it should work like the barrel angle on a real pen

[novel anvil]

ohh thats makes sense

[elder trench]

on some brushes it makes a lot of difference, but others it dont. im not an expert on brushes tho

[novel anvil]

hmm ill probably experiment a little in the future

but if the default settings work fine for now i might just leave it like that

[elder trench]

im just using default brushes now. mainly the hard pressure size brush for linework and colouring

[novel anvil]

oo might try that to see how it looks but im completely out of ideas atm

[elder trench]

been there

[novel anvil]

gotta wait to be burnt out from my programming projects before going back to drawing i guess

[elder trench]

hehe good luck then

[novel anvil]

good luck to you too

[elder trench]

thx

[crimson comet]

lofi girl type beat

11 days left

[junior basin]

I was thinking should I join the Haloween thing

like, I start drawing now

[turbid karma]

yes >:)

[wise stone]

Might need rework later.

[elder trench]

is that on a napkin

[wise stone]

yep

[wise stone]

Up to ya, but I suggest you should.

[wise stone]

Or tissue, to be exact.

[elder trench]

still its amazing

[wise stone]

thanksie

:)

[versed bridge]

More thighs :PagMan:

[sharp sundial]

felt like making art today

no reference this time, so it's more creative but at the same time there are problems

[wise stone]

Ah yes, the most essential part I ignore for so long.

[wise stone]

What are the problem you see in there?

[versed bridge]

That msg was toward Yaki :LULE:

[wise stone]

Oh oops

[sharp sundial]

the tall legs, and how her waist bends is... not planned out

also I don't know how to feet

[wise stone]

I thought that distorted features were intentional. Like I thought the thing suppose to look spooky.

[sharp sundial]

partly it is, partly it's not

some of it is more skill issue

than it is intentional

[wise stone]

give me a moment.

[junior basin]

Let's draw

[wise stone]

[junior basin]

I have around 5 days to do this one

I'd say I'm pretty toasted

[sharp sundial]

ooooh going over the painting with line art makes it ✨ pop✨ !

[turbid karma]

Me too , I just started yesterday because I've been sketching all week thinking about costume and composition

[sharp sundial]

i draw as hobby

this is soul soothing time

[junior basin]

just sketched this one out in about 40 minutes, I'm sure something's not right and I will see it tmr.

don't try to force yourself to draw the whole thing in one go, from experience

[sharp sundial]

also working on an enemy design

sculpting feels a lot easier than it used to

or maybe I've just gotten used to it

[junior basin]

wow

my brain just don't work in 3D

[sharp sundial]

3d is easier for me than 2d, because the computer does the part I can't do (perspective)

everything else is just shapes, but 3d

[junior basin]

I tried Zbrush before, felt like being hit by two dimensional foil

[sharp sundial]

I've never tried zbrush

tbf, I program and shit so any technical shit you need for 3d software I'm totally fine with

but a normal artist wouldn't have an easy time with that

but then again, maybe not

[versed bridge]

[sharp sundial]

it's more like a collection of thosand little challenges than it is one rocket science level challenge

[crimson comet]

phineas and ferb type shit

https://fixupx.com/DisneyTVA/status/1295420162309599243 the reason why i said that

[wise stone]

This comment comes from self-taught and really bad at explaining thing concisely, please take this with a grain of salt
From my view, the upper part (orange) kinda lean from the lower part (blue) from the waist to the left hand side of the body too much, like the upper part of the body almost exist in the flat 2d pane while the lower part stand diagonally in 3d space.

This is the outline of what I think is anatomically make sense. Making upper part of the body match with lower part. But this will sacrifice the view of this pale woman face (The arm and the head position is up to you)

The feet.... I got no clue, I can't draw feet well.

[turbid karma]

[sharp sundial]

oh damn

hmm, a simple way to both up the creepiness would be to make her abdomen twist really hard to make that face angle make sense

[wise stone]

That could work.

[sharp sundial]

I'll revisit it tomorrow, it's way too late for anything rn

but thanks for the feedback

[wise stone]

You're welcome :)

[crystal juniper]

I want to draw but I also don't want to draw right now... honestly it's a fancy way to say I like to have breaks

[tall trench]

Loooong breaks.

[wise stone]

Same, but for me, that can also apply to being distracted on Youtube.

[tall trench]

Just like me fr fr

[crystal juniper]

haha so true

[wise stone]

I'm getting sleepy, Goodnight everyone

[tall trench]

Nighto

[tall trench]

My perfectionist ass revisited this piece and decided to redo the face. Is it better?

[turbid karma]

1st one better imo

[elder trench]

i think the left one looks bettwer

[tall trench]

As I suspected. Brb gonna now redo the WHOLE piece. Ecksdee

[elder trench]

[wary briar]

[elder trench]

im done colouring (i think, still need to twek some things)
any obvious mistakes or stuff

[wary briar]

I think everything looks fine

[elder trench]

thanks
and the colours look okay as well

[crystal juniper]

nothing immediately jumps at glance being off... like neck is reasonably attached and stuff XD

[wary briar]

The colors look good to me

[tall trench]

Wait.

[turbid karma]

her head is turned, but her cat ears and some bangs look straight ahead

[tall trench]

I'm doing some observations.

[elder trench]

[wary briar]

true

[elder trench]

i kinda anti fixed that earlier as i thouhgt i was funny with one cat ear bigger than the other but now that you mention it its so obvious, luckuly they are detetchable

[tall trench]

I did some experimenting on the face because something was bothering me.

Don't take this at face value. I might be tripping here but idk if it looks more "straight ahead" to match the ears.

[turbid karma]

Well, it's basically the same thing I said, but in reverse lmao

[elder trench]

all critisism is good ciritsism i have looked at it for hours so im kinda lost in everything. this is great

think its kinda easires to twist the hair and stuff but that is for tomorow

also its unshaded whilst not an excuse would help a little

[tall trench]

Aye. Take your deserved rest. You'll probably notice any necessary tweaks when you wake up!

[elder trench]

i will for sure notice mistakes after some sleep, but it also helps to hear what you guys think

[steady abyss]

i cant quite tell for certain but it kinda looks like the right hip is misplaced (left of the pic)

[elder trench]

will look into that

[crystal juniper]

like the metal ear thingie... I like to draw something like that occasionally too for catgirls... gotta accessorize ears heh

[steady abyss]

i would check it but work

we love work

[elder trench]

good work is 🔥

[steady abyss]

i think i figured out what was bothering me about the pelvis and hip placement its like that whole area is facing towards the camera and twisted but the torso doesn't twist to make up for it being twisted if that makes sense

[elder trench]

it does, il see what i can do, think i can fix it with the clothes since the body beneath looks fine

[turbid karma]

a little tweaking and you're good to go

[elder trench]

thanks looks so much better

[crystal juniper]

I have taken some inspiration from vtuber avatars occasionally... just liking to include elements of them in my art... also was stupidly proud of finally starting to get hair highlights... funnily enough it has done a lot to realize that proper use of yellow makes lighting so nice too...

[pastel knot]

if youre feeling brave i'd try something a little like this too

[elder trench]

neat

[steady abyss]

yeah we love visual adaptation (artists fatigue)

[elder trench]

in general this is true, more often than not a good nights sleep helps a lot

[tall trench]

@elder trench This is what I personally would do. You don't have to copy everything but just putting out there.

Hopefully it helps!

[elder trench]

Thx for the help, is see what I can do tomorrow’s. night

[wary briar]

[viscid gust]

damn those butt fangs are agressive

little known fact that artists dont realize: full out butt fangs dont happen like that with swimsuits unless its a full on wedgie

[wary briar]

[pastel knot]

got the nahida birthday art done

i hope ill have enough time to get the art for the contest done

[crystal juniper]

learning / getting reminded of such wonderful artistic terms

[steady abyss]

"The y'know. . . Busy" artists are in shambles

[junior basin]

butt fangs

[brittle fern]

Can't say I've heard that term before

[steady abyss]

yeah likewise

[viscid gust]

its one ive learned recently

[stoic valve]

is that a roundabout way to say you've recently had a wedgie?

[versed bridge]

What

[tall trench]

That was something I noticed but I don't draw girls enough to be confident.

Also the artist is a girl so I just thought she knew better than me. Lol

[steady abyss]

Yeah i noticed it aswell but emi does it in like all their works and i remember people pointing it out so i assume its purposeful

[viscid gust]

No. I learned from my artist friend recently who has worn swimsuits like this

[junior basin]

sometimes it's just obsession

[viscid gust]

Tru

[junior basin]

https://tenor.com/view/abram-tarasov-peter-stormare-john-wick-abram-tarasov-gif-13524076445195986889

[wary briar]

[versed bridge]

I see

[undone hare]

nevwr felt overwhelmed with work like this before

i got quite some attention after heir's commission

[vernal sparrow]

Get to work

[undone hare]

im in class

only got 4 hours sleep yesterday owo

[wary briar]

hope u get some good sleep soon

[vernal sparrow]

Good luck, get to studying

[tall trench]

Wait. Artists go outside??

[undone hare]

wait

this isnt nico dm?

[viscid gust]

LMAO

[tall trench]

I remember when coders, artists and nerds in general all looked like shit.

Now these same people eat good, take care of themselves and actually look normal!

[versed bridge]

I see

[tall trench]

How am I supposed to recognize them??

[versed bridge]

You see them everytime in gym :forsenOkay:

[tall trench]

[wary briar]

Yeah i look like gigachad

[versed bridge]

Pic or fake

[wary briar]

So this is me

[versed bridge]

I See

[wary briar]

[vernal sparrow]

Ha, get fooled, you thought we were in dms, funny

[wary briar]

Nico get out of here, only cool people can be here

[vernal sparrow]

Rude

[steady abyss]

took me long enough (started on the first lol) but finally finished this

[versed bridge]

NIce

[tall trench]

I still have clothes to remake but this is the progress so far.

[versed bridge]

Nice

[sturdy apex]

[crystal juniper]

[tall trench]

I'm going to sleep now but I need to ask you guys.

Since Neuro uses a sailor style collar, I was thinking maybe a gakuran would be a male equivalent? Though I'm still not sure if a shirt, gakuran and a cardigan would be too busy design-wise. Also the reason why I haven't added a tie to reflect the bow.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Anyways now I sleep

[elder trench]

I think that a male equivalent of the neurons would fit well in the male equivalent of their respective school uniforms, if not adding the ties I’m sure the colour theming will be enough.

[versed bridge]

Just the normal male sailor outfit is fine, no?

[elder trench]

It is on purpose, I know it’s not the right way of drawing it but I’m not trying to go for “realism” and I think it’s cute (also it’s how anime art does it)

[sharp sundial]

update on art

[elder trench]

So spooky

[crystal juniper]

it reminds me how halloween historically was something quite different from what it's nowadays... kids having fun time to make rounds for candy at doors and stuff... that art would fit to a horror game

[sharp sundial]

wouldn't you know it, I'm making a horror game

[versed bridge]

Cute

[proud birch]

Thanks

[undone hare]

i fricking ahte frills

[elder trench]

i feel you

[proud birch]

Rough shadow

[tall trench]

The image didn't load for me so I thought Shadow the hedgehog. Lol

But the drawing is already very good. The eye rendering is amazing.

[proud birch]

Thank you altho i havent rendered the eye yet fully i did somehing diff this time

With using fade eraser to add that depth to the eye

[versed bridge]

Very nice

[crimson comet]

another banger

this one gonne look so damn cute holy shit

i just freehanded this oval

no fucking shot

[sturdy apex]

EGGS

[sturdy apex]

I see that lil patch sticking out a bit

[crimson comet]

wdym

[sturdy apex]

Very small dot thing.

[turbid karma]

[sturdy apex]

Nothin to worry bout though.

[crimson comet]

its not cisible

and no thats not vedal

[turbid karma]

head is fine, but body is not quite really on the bed, it's falling through it

[crimson comet]

eh whatever its for the daily drawings

ill redraw some drawings later thats for sure

[turbid karma]

I mean, yeah, but it's important that you notice this mistake to avoid it in the future

[crimson comet]

[sturdy apex]

Cute

[crimson comet]

feels like this emote

[sturdy apex]

Renders pretty good

[proud birch]

Haha trueee

I based it off a little on that emotr

Thank you

[elder trench]

Omg it’s so cute

Also I really like the eyes, so pretty

[proud birch]

Thank you i used color layer rype for it

Add is a little too bright which is my previous stuff

[versed bridge]

Beautiful

[crimson comet]

blahaj's eyes is so damn whack to draw

15 mins left

[versed bridge]

Cute

That's toma, right?

[undone hare]

yep

[crimson comet]

day 21

this shit looks so cute omg

[crimson comet]

the fellas

[elder trench]

are both from ikea

[crimson comet]

the tutel no

i bought it from some market back in 2017

[elder trench]

isee

[crimson comet]

im genuinely fucking surprised its been 3 weeks since im in uni and no one asked me about those plushies

absolute fucking W

[elder trench]

hehe most people in uni are weird tho, like i had some firends over at a party and they saw my cutesy anime keyboard and settup, i was rather embarased but they were just like "wow do you stream or some shit"

[versed bridge]

Those plushie are pretty normal tho

I would have We Bare Bears plush if I had the money

[elder trench]

i have a blåhai and so does both my little sisters

[versed bridge]

Or some penguin

[crimson comet]

W mates

[elder trench]

university is super interesting, like you have the most normal people to the most unussual and special people all in the same place

[crimson comet]

ive been in a boarding school when i was in middle school before

[elder trench]

i have never been to, just public school up until highschool where i went to a private school

[tall trench]

Blahåj and tutel

A weird but interesting combination

[crimson comet]

sea creatures

tbf my first plushie is a tiger

[tall trench]

I had a lot of small McDonald's plushies as a child.

Now I have only one. A tailes goomba I bought in 2016.

[junior basin]

SO, MANY, FRILLS

[versed bridge]

Cute

[pastel knot]

my new kamvas arrived and its great

havent properly tried it out yet but it looks real good

[junior basin]

Imma finish this tmr, it's 4AM local, I should sleep

[versed bridge]

Nice

[pale parrot]

Cute

[elder trench]

okay today il grind out so much on my drawing

i dont have work tomorow

[wary briar]

Noses noses noses aaaaaaaaa

trying to learn more realistic noses when you only draw anime noses is hard

[elder trench]

hehe i like drawing anime noses becaues its hard to mess them up

[wary briar]

👁️ , 👁️

[elder trench]

[versed bridge]

NIce

[crystal juniper]

oh yeah advantage of very animey noses is that from front it's just a small line XD

and let viewer imagine the rest

[elder trench]

nah need some of that shading as well, that little darker on the side of the nose and a tiny hihlight on the tip

[crystal juniper]

I like very much my deer friend nokotan style where it's often just a line... artists have their preferences

[elder trench]

it is, and it also depends on the style like a lot

[tall trench]

Guys I just discovered the rabbit hole of drawing clothing folds.

And knowing myself, this is easily another 5 hour sink into my piece.

I'll never finish this

[wary briar]

Im glad im learning everything from the beginning again

Sooo much things to learn, got me overwhelmed and i ended up learning nothing, so i just got back to the basics

[elder trench]

im so glad your learning stuff. i have wasted the entire day today trying to do stuff with my drawing but nothing working at all. altho i fixed some mistakes so there is that

[pastel knot]

got some actual drawing done on the new monitor

can def say that the 2.5k resolution is everything i'd hoped for

it makes the workspace feel so much more spacious

[elder trench]

lucky you, i envy you

[wary briar]

[pastel knot]

and the monitor itself is kinda ridiculously big

[elder trench]

i have been looking at a new one myself but its just so expensive, especially since i have one

[pastel knot]

i found it on finnish ebay, if you have something similar where youre from i'd keep an eye on it

might find a really good deal

[elder trench]

i have been keeping an eye out. but we are just 5 million here in norway and its about 5 listings for a huion on finn
so its either ebay which is 100 euros shipping from the us or amazon jp or germany

[pastel knot]

theres only 5 million people in finland too

[elder trench]

ooh didnt know, i always felt like finland was so much bigger. it seems more european

[pastel knot]

swedens the big one at 10 million

[elder trench]

that i did know

we are to few here in the north

[pastel knot]

not surprising tbh

i think most natives in the north wanna gtfo during winter

[elder trench]

i have actually thought strongly about getting a second citizenship somewhere, the shit summer we had this year was kinda madening. it rained the 3 weeks i had of this summer

[pastel knot]

i prolly had my best summer ever this year

i didnt really appreciate summer before because i just wanted to play games and the heat did not make it fun

but i started actually going outside and now i love summer

[elder trench]

same here, i stared jogging and it was pretty demotivating going outside when it was cold and rained, worst part was that we had like 30 degrees 2-3 monts before summer as well

[pastel knot]

photography is what took me outside

my mom has a semi fancy camera that she never uses and i just yoinked that

[elder trench]

hehe its usually like that

[pastel knot]

my fave spot is prolly this skiing hill that has just the best view of the sunset during summer

im gonna get major seasonal depression for sure

[elder trench]

monst nordic thing ever i can already feel it

also i give up on the face, can i get some help with the eyes

[turbid karma]

What do you think is wrong? Other than the different eyebrows

[pastel knot]

i think i'd bring the right eye down just a bit

[elder trench]

just the infill in the eyes

like the details, other than that im happy with how its turning out

[pastel knot]

as in how to render them?

[elder trench]

yes, i cant find a good way to do it at all. my brain is literally not working

[turbid karma]

there's like a thousands ways to do it

depends on your preference

[wary briar]

I hate rendering anime eyes, im soo lazy

You can go full crazy or just be basic

Like add a gradient

[turbid karma]

then danganronpa style for you

[elder trench]

thats the problem, i try a bunch of different things, i dont like it regardles of if its simpe of complex and then instantly delete it

[wary briar]

I just add a gradient and highlights

[elder trench]

il try something simple

[wary briar]

And add some shadow bellow the upper eyelid

[elder trench]

on that

thoughts?

[wary briar]

Hmm

Maybe do the highlights a little smaller?

[elder trench]

il try that

think that worked better

[pastel knot]

i think the problem has more to do with color choice

thats a really strong red

[elder trench]

it is, it dont fint the rest

[wary briar]

Yeah

[elder trench]

new atempy, think it works better

[pastel knot]

i did a sort of paint over this if you wanna see it

[elder trench]

sure im happy to see it

[elder trench]

i like it, it looks so much better

[pastel knot]

values are pretty important too

a good way to see if your values are good is to make the image black and white

[elder trench]

ohh i see, il try to do that more then

[wary briar]

True

[turbid karma]

yeah, and flip canvas

[pastel knot]

i like to shift the color a bit

so for red eyes like this i might turn the color wheel a bit torward orange for the highlight

[elder trench]

[tall trench]

Oh God... Values...

Bro it never ends.

[elder trench]

think i figgured something out, thanks guys

[tall trench]

While I bang my head against a wall trying to know art, here is Neuro without cardigan concepts.

Excuse the scribbles but which one is more likely to be true or at least prettier?

[elder trench]

the middle one

[turbid karma]

definitely not the one on the right

[elder trench]

also i feel like if your going for tshirt shirt you should have the sleeves be looser like a t shirt. else it commes of as a frat guy super strong filling out the shirt

[turbid karma]

I'm more for the middle, but left good too

[elder trench]

sleveless shirt feels violently australian

give her like a cork hat and the sleveless will fit perfectly

[tall trench]

I know what you're saying but you can't fold the sleeves that high. Most you can do is elbows. Lol

[elder trench]

thats fine

[viscid gust]

fangs too close i think

[viscid gust]

middle one is likely the most canon

[elder trench]

know what, i agree. she also has a chipped tooth (i forgor to colour one spot)

[brittle fern]

i found this the other day. older drawing i made on art academy ages ago. Seeing what everyone else here has done i know i could've improved this a lot... in fact i might redo this once i get my tablet. still like it though

[tall trench]

Anyways as I was drawing this, I realized how short Neuro's skirt is.

Idk if it's intended to be that short or I skill issued and the waistband is supposed to be higher.

Those or Neuro folds up her skirt. Lel

[crimson comet]

she's following her mom's footsteps thats for sure

[junior basin]

I'd say it's long for my standards

[tall trench]

[crimson comet]

[worn briar]

I cheat on frills lmao

just use a stamp brush and control the spacing with pen pressure

[junior basin]

if it looks good it ain't cheating

[crystal juniper]

yeah that's just being a digital artist ^^

[crimson comet]

real

[crystal juniper]

back when I drew on paper it was stuff like stick figures and simple clouds... once I got serious, with my second attempt to seriously practice art I just went with a digital method... I have no idea how well I would translate my skills onto physical paper lol

[versed bridge]

Tracing :pepeLaugh:

[wise stone]

Smort

Btw, I'm in a bit of the Exam week, So I might not draw anything visually effortful.

[crimson comet]

i wonder how would yall fix this

i felt like the perspective of everything is kinda fucked

[wise stone]

The oblique perspective is fine, but the background makes me question if the room raise above the ground like the tower or the house is on the side of the hill (Both of these are fine as well)

[crimson comet]

i think the vision is just a high bed with a bedside window

[wise stone]

No bed is high enough to make you see the mountain without the view of the grounds. But a high house is and can be high enough.

[crimson comet]

ye

[crystal juniper]

there are some crazy houses built on cliffside... like actually relying to beams to not fall to ocean below

reminds me one of those

some really trust engineering to live in one

[wise stone]

That's really common btw. No need for high technology, you can use any material with good structure building and foundation.

[wise stone]

Also, the view of that drawing is in the view of looking down (judging by the bed perspective) so there's no way you can only see the mountain without the ground visible.

[crimson comet]

minecraft ahh type beat

[undone hare]

guess what im painting

[versed bridge]

Aquarium?

[undone hare]

[versed bridge]

:PagMan:

[worn briar]

a Wrangler ad

[ember dome]

For haloween art contest (WIP)

I think I'll make Neuro a hat hunter. so I can draw her wearing multiple hats when chasing (if it's not too hard to draw).

[elder trench]

Super cool

[crystal juniper]

to clarify... I don't want to walk into house like this... https://robbreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cliff-House-by-Modscape-Modscape-.jpg

[proud birch]

Yakuza neuro

[elder trench]

thought her cheeks were full for a moment wondering if she either had her mouth full of food or just swollen from wounds until i realized it was glasses

[proud birch]

Lolol

[elder trench]

still nice tho

[crimson comet]

i wonder if i could draw some horror fake gore with wires or something for the contest

i feel like that shouldnt be allowed

[elder trench]

i think it could be allowed if its not gory

[proud birch]

True

Halloween art is difficult to make for

You gotta be really crwative

If its too disturbing tough chance

[elder trench]

oh heres an idea, it could be like fixing neuro or evil up. like a server under construction, a tangled mess of many meters of ethernett cables flowing out of the door

[versed bridge]

Cute

[elder trench]

i actually built a server last week for work, like the ground work and all that stuff i should have snapped some photos but i didnt bother. it was the biggest thing i have done til now

[robust sleet]

does pizza and maid outfits work together on a poster

[elder trench]

[tall trench]

Bro same lmao

[wise stone]

That's cool

[wise stone]

definitely

[elder trench]

if you want some more cool architecture check out the norweian resturant under. it half way under the water

[wise stone]

That looks pretty neat, kinda too brutalist for me but still pretty gnarly.

[elder trench]

i would love to one day eat there in a violent storm, just watching the large window into the ocean

[proud birch]

Rough shadows

[crimson comet]

banger

[crimson comet]

day 22

i do fw the vibe for sure

[elder trench]

rain

[crimson comet]

surely it fit the prompt right

[elder trench]

dont know what the promt is

[crimson comet]

[elder trench]

im dumb

[crimson comet]

its ok

[elder trench]

thanks

[wary briar]

Man this shit is hard

But i can feel im getting better

Feels nice

[crystal juniper]

I feel like my art learning has been supercharged lately... it's crazy

[crimson comet]

interestingly, the server that began the daily october drawing only has like 3 submissions today and its only 11.15pm

i think people dropped it already

used to be like 15-20 people on the first day

[proud birch]

Midtones

[crimson comet]

side tat

ngl kinda funny if she has a turtle type tattoo motifs lmao

[elder trench]

arent dragson techincally a shelless tutel
holy was that even english.
arent dragons technically a tutel

[crimson comet]

so does a fish

do you fw hish

[elder trench]

are fish reptiles

[crimson comet]

im asking about hish

[elder trench]

[elder trench]

yay the shading dont look half bad
( i literally dont know why i decided to shade it layer by layer and i realized that now that i should have done it differently)

[crimson comet]

thighs

[viscid gust]

Damn that wedgie looks uncomfy

[elder trench]

its actually wider in the crotch area but the frills cover it up

[viscid gust]

I’m more judging based on the butt fangs

Outfit is kind of riding her a bit

[elder trench]

yeah, i was debating wether or not to cover up the butfangs

you knowwhat i thing i should add a little there

[viscid gust]

It would be for the best, and would be more realistic

[elder trench]

true that. altho i enjoy buttfangs i do agree here that it would be better to cover up a little

[viscid gust]

Butt fangs are fine, but as it stands, when they are aggressive as this, if she were to turn around, both her cheeks would be totally exposed

Which I assume is not the intent

[elder trench]

hehe no its not

[crimson comet]

[elder trench]

alt version with improved leotard

[viscid gust]

Nice!

[elder trench]

those are the original colours i used, but i still like the clasic dark blue whie as well

[crystal juniper]

that's funny how recoloring like that just suddenly made it part of clothing

[elder trench]

colours are funny

[warm pewter]

Ohhh yeah definitely looks way better, that’s great improvement

[tall trench]

Thank you! I've now put that drawing to marinate because, to no one's surprise, I severely lack in basic anatomy.

What you see is after I watched videos on how to properly draw a face. Now I'm doing that to the entire body. Then comes clothes and wrinkles... Perspective is a boss I barely have the equipment for. Lmao

What I'm doing rn. Red is traced from a model, blue is a free-hand redraw while identifying shapes.

[brittle fern]

feels embarassing to ask but would a 12 inch screen be too big...?

or too small

[turbid karma]

you're talking about the working area of the tablet?

[brittle fern]

yeah the display

or working area

idk

yeah the working area

[turbid karma]

I'm using the same size, I'm fine with it

[pastel knot]

i'd prioritize resolution over size myself

i have an absurdly big one now and while its nice to have you really dont need it whatsoever

damn these things are cheap nowadays

you can get 13 inch kamvas at 2.5k

[viscid gust]

still getting nervous about how few submissions we got for the halloween event

[turbid karma]

It was the same last time?

[viscid gust]

i know poeple upload right at the end often but it spooky seeing so few

[pastel knot]

im gonna try and make the deadline

i gotta move on friday so its gonna be a little tight

[viscid gust]

its actually way below the number i was worrying about during the summer event

[turbid karma]

[viscid gust]

as it stands right now we might have to skip the first phase of judging and go directly to the selected judges

thats how bad it is rn

[pastel knot]

[tall trench]

I'll try to speedrun my learning arc and get something submitted by the deadline if it helps!

[viscid gust]

i dont mean to sound like im begging, but at the same time im always afraid if we dont get the bare minimum we might end up doing these less often :(

always feels like it would be my failure

[turbid karma]

I'm sure there'll be at least 30 people

[wary briar]

Hey heir can it be a scary halloween drawing?

[turbid karma]

Why not lol?

[wary briar]

Idk

[turbid karma]

im doing abber demon

[wary briar]

I wanna do scary one but its hard

[turbid karma]

like the ones you did earlier?

[wary briar]

Yeah

Its hard making creatures

[turbid karma]

I like them, but every time I had to turn the brightness up to the max to see anything xd

[wary briar]

Yeeah its hard, i want it to make it subtle

[steady abyss]

its like i want to compete but i know so many people here that are way more talented than me in the 2D space, and I specialize in 3D so knowing I wont win be default is a bit demotivating and the reason i never participate in contents

especially as even if i were to draw i am a traditional artist and people much rather prefer digital art in contests as it looks way better digitally for obvious reasons

and of course at the end of the day what matters isn't winning but participating, but it still kinda just sucks to lose

[viscid gust]

Scary, monsters, in blood are allowed. Just do not do detailed gore.

[viscid gust]

If it makes you feel better, not very many people have submitted

[steady abyss]

im not even sure if i started the second i got home from work today and all the free time i have until submissions close if i would have enough time to make something i would be happy submitting

i draw so slow digitally (and physically) that i usually have to take huge breaks in my works because i burn out

[tall trench]

Idk about u guys but one style I bow my head to is semi-realism. I like taking classic anime-styled characters and making them more but not totally realistic human.

[tidal cosmos]

https://fixupx.com/Amase_Oruko/status/1848509153884705098

[tall trench]

Just a shame AI also has that artstyle and people now have a negative stigma over it.

An example.

[turbid karma]

I wouldn't say this one is semi-realistic

realistic proportions

in this one, for example, you can clearly see the stylization

[tall trench]

I guess your example leans more towards stylized. Very pretty.

[turbid karma]

anyway, good luck if you aiming for this style, you'd really have to study anatomy deeply for something like this

[tall trench]

I don't think I'm ready to tackle this head-on. It requires a lot of knowledge from both extremes. Lol

I just deeply appreciate it.

[steady abyss]

its one of my favorite styles, this was my best attempt at it a few months ago

obviously im not the best lol

im better at complete realism

[tall trench]

We all have our callings. It's good to try different things!

[steady abyss]

i dont even know how many times ive sent this image here atp, i wish i had a newer image to lean on but this is still my best drawing

[versed bridge]

Holy

That sick

[steady abyss]

thanks

like im semi happy with my latest drawing but it still feels like a weird mix of want to be realism and stylized and just kinda looks meh

[versed bridge]

Still pretty nice shading tho

[steady abyss]

i feel like the main issue is i didn't draw all the individual leaves but i usually draw at work and i dont got the time for that lol

[tall trench]

@turbid karma Aight fuck it. Here's full colour. This is the most I have energy for. Lol

[tall trench]

I like it. It's very unique.

[turbid karma]

I like it, and nails are a nice detail, I often color them too

Don't you want to try to draw upper lip too? Smaller than bottom one, I doing that and think its cute

[tall trench]

Meh. Maybe on another project. Lol

I have to go back and study anatomy.

[sturdy apex]

First idea that came up for a YouTube thumbnail.

Actually thinking about it for a second.

[white bison]

That’s so CUTE!!

[junior basin]

Done

I give up on the background or I will never finish this

[versed bridge]

What else is there to add?

[junior basin]

like....objects?

[versed bridge]

Halloween deco?

[elder trench]

Well if it helps I think il get it done today

[junior basin]

I'm doing my part

and as always I clicked the wrong message to reply

[viscid gust]

LUL

[junior basin]

anyway, my moutain of assignments needs my attention now

[viscid gust]

good luck!

[tidal cosmos]

chat i drew something no way my motivation came back https://fixupx.com/SprayCactus/status/1848980359368872438

[proud birch]

Trick or treat neuro but she can only treat my lingering depression

[versed bridge]

NIce

and Cute

[hot parcel]

some of us are just slow
i'm not even finished rendering the neuros

[tidal cosmos]

I want to draw something again but this power blackout is hindering it

[versed bridge]

Draw a light

[crystal juniper]

my avatar / wallpaper is my best performing drawing because of reasons and evil neuro trick or treating has been also performing quite well

it's just fascinating

[undone hare]

i wont be joining this time, too much work to handle this month

[versed bridge]

Good luck

[proud birch]

Oh wait

@viscid gust we cant post those artworks right

I just finished mine

[junior basin]

what no

rly?

[versed bridge]

Nice

[proud birch]

Yeb

[junior basin]

it's 7 hours already for me, I might just start a new one

[proud birch]

Since its getting posted on the halloween contest art channele

[junior basin]

thats not the case last time, the festival themed one, we can post where ever we wanted

[proud birch]

It must be something i remembered a long time ago

[junior basin]

also, how did you draw that fast, it's like daily now

[proud birch]

Oh yeah the swimsuit contest

[junior basin]

[proud birch]

Haha i always wanna be done as quick as possible with my artworks

So i have more time for sillier stuff

[versed bridge]

The grind

[turbid karma]

Since the contest was announced, this has already been asked 2-3 times - if you want to, you can post the art you submitted

[proud birch]

Interesting

Aleight ill just make a diff art and get it posted today

[midnight hazel]

i just fell to my knees in walmart

[elder trench]

soudns like a normal thing to do in a walmart

[midnight hazel]

I've been struggling massively with drawing hair recently so I just pushed myself to try a bunch of stuff and see what happens. It came out ok I guess

[viscid gust]

Yeah

[crimson comet]

day 22 could be better honestly

[crimson comet]

ima cook something for 30 mins

LMAO

[crimson comet]

i unironically wanna expand on this shit

LMAO

just realised how funny it would fucking be on the contest page where theres actually fire artworks and then theres one that looks like drawn in a mental asylum

WHY THIS IS MORE CREEPY WHAT THE FUCK

[elder trench]

unless you have something else to submit you should do it

[crimson comet]

hell no i didnt

i for sure gonna submit this

[elder trench]

[crimson comet]

i thought of doing this pose but it looks so fucking funny

whack ass body form

[crimson comet]

wdy think on this

[elder trench]

hmm yeah, but since its creepy wack body shapes are okay

[crimson comet]

i prob gonna draw more red wires coming out of the ribs

and the outfit looking torn to shreds

[elder trench]

[crimson comet]

also some funny shit

[elder trench]

hehe im curently not listening to anything, need that zen moment of nothing

[crimson comet]

i used to do that but its kinda boring

just realised i dont have class in the morning

ima do more stuff until 1am

[elder trench]

it is but im trying to consentrate and like finishing things up

[crimson comet]

this is allowed right

[elder trench]

your art? yeah if it dont break any rules then it should be fine

[crimson comet]

I SHRUNK THE LAYER AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME 2010 HORROR GAME SPRITE

i can taste every pixels

this is amazing

[elder trench]

actually wors for that wibe

"works"

[crimson comet]

ye

ive done some stuff before

i forgor how i did this ngl

[elder trench]

naw that is somehow cute

[crimson comet]

the original

[crimson comet]

should i keep working on the massive ass canvas or shrunk it

[elder trench]

[crimson comet]

the size for this one is like 400x400

[elder trench]

if you want you should try to make it seem as video game as possible. look up like those types of games and go for that

[crimson comet]

my current inspo is sooo's mv style

this shit does look sick

i think i need more red and textures

[elder trench]

go for it

[crimson comet]

[tall bobcat]

hey guys, can anyone let me know what's the difference between cell shading artstyle and base color + inking artstyle?

[elder trench]

is that for homework

[tall bobcat]

let's take this art for example

[tall bobcat]

fortunately no lol

[elder trench]

as of my understanding cell shading is rather hard shading with sharp transitions between darker and lighter colours

base colour+ inking is just a flat immage withouth shading

cell shading is just a way of shading a picture

is this for a commision?

[tall bobcat]

so basically creating a shadow?

[tall bobcat]

yea, and I know nothing about art

[elder trench]

hehe understandable wait two seconds

the left one is just linking and colouring, just the outline and colour that fills it in. the right one is shaded, given depth and shadows

roughtly explained

[proud birch]

Oh

[tall bobcat]

ohhhhh, I understand it now.

[proud birch]

I see

Same

[tall bobcat]

bro, aren't you supposed to be an artist? lmao

And thanks Emiko, this is very helpful

[crimson comet]

https://fixupx.com/Shaf_it/status/1824211991743119696/photo/1

for example

[steady abyss]

just because someone is an artist doesn't mean they know the lingo

[crimson comet]

my friend btw

[steady abyss]

i sure dont lol

[crimson comet]

lmao same

[tall bobcat]

haha, I see i see

[elder trench]

i just asked chat gpt

[crimson comet]

[steady abyss]

i use chat gpt as my google now because i actually get an answer

i know its not like 100% accurate but oh well

its good enough

[proud birch]

I ink deez

[crimson comet]

lmao this is fire

[elder trench]

same, i use it at work as well. its really just a better version of googdle that can make mistakes

[proud birch]

I usually just draw i do have tons of techniques but i have no idea what they are called actually

Ike i see a cool artstyle and spot how to do the technique i just kinda remember it

[steady abyss]

yeah, its like when i have a super specific question google doesn't give you anything now, you ask chat and it gives you a reasonable answer in seconds without searching for an hour

deadal

[crimson comet]

ill continue it later

[elder trench]

so true

[crimson comet]

no fucking shot theres over 3k lines already

that felt like fucking nothing

[steady abyss]

me when 100k triangles in a 3d model

[elder trench]

does photosop have something similar

[crimson comet]

[steady abyss]

i wonder how many lines this was for my physical drawing

too many probably

[proud birch]

W art w tree w shading w paper w shadows

[steady abyss]

lmfao

[proud birch]

I cant ohysically breathe rn my nose is clogged as hell from cold

Am breathing thu mouth

[elder trench]

does smudging lead count as a stroke

[steady abyss]

well i drew most of it and smudged it after

well i drew all of it and smudged it after

[proud birch]

Acutally yeah kinda

[versed bridge]

Nice

[proud birch]

Since you stroke the smudge

[elder trench]

is smudging multiple strokes count as one stroke

[steady abyss]

and thus began the great debate era

[crimson comet]

any actions done on the canvas should count as a stroke

[hybrid pilot]

I'm signing and watermarking my art this time cause I hate when people take my art without credit

[elder trench]

can you make the watermark cover the artwork. like ontop of it

[hybrid pilot]

I could try to incorporate it into my artwork

[elder trench]

ohh fancy

[hybrid pilot]

Maybe hide it as a highlight in the hair

[proud birch]

Man i hope people use my art like that too permission or none its like a compliment

[elder trench]

i feel the same way. imitation is flatery or some stuff

[proud birch]

True

[hybrid pilot]

Yeah, but they literally were in this server and edited my art by adding a card overlay on it

[elder trench]

but in this case its theft which i also think fits the bill

[proud birch]

Oh

Yeah thats terrible

[hybrid pilot]

I don't mind people imitating my style though

[proud birch]

I thought its just like pfp

[hybrid pilot]

No they literally posted it in the art thing

[elder trench]

thqat actually sucks

if no creddit was given

[hybrid pilot]

Speaking of which @viscid gust did you talk to the guy who did it in dms?

[viscid gust]

nope
just removed it and gave them a warning

art theft is not tolerated here in any way

[hybrid pilot]

Good

Anyways new Neuro art yay!!!!

[elder trench]

you know what, i hate cropping my canvas. i always stress when i do it

[tall trench]

The finger gun to the head is overused.

The throat slice is much more menacing if you ask me.

[crimson comet]

or i just put a knife on her head with red liquid dripping out

[crimson comet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/s/wZnKMoTzts

[sturdy apex]

I mean, what do you think is quicker.

[crimson comet]

[tall trench]

Eh yeah. I was going to write an overcomplicated response but that's the gist.

[sturdy apex]

If you're going out, I think you would make it quick.

Although don't hurt yoursleves thou

[crimson comet]

depressurize from a submarine

[sturdy apex]

Can you afford one?

[crimson comet]

i dont have self harming thoughts rn

[crimson comet]

/tp @titan

[sturdy apex]

That's destroyed already

[crimson comet]

/give @p titan

real

[brittle fern]

this person never played persona 3

[proud birch]

Lineart fix

[wary briar]

[molten sluice]

had some time to color so I did. Slow and steady

[elder trench]

super cute

[molten sluice]

I like where this is going....

[wary briar]

cute

[hybrid pilot]

https://discord.com/channels/574720535888396288/1298725691377848330 I FINISHED IT

[elder trench]

i just found out that art is instantly silenced on twitter. and now i understand why everyone complain about that stuff

[steady abyss]

erm

[viscid gust]

erm

[viscid gust]

Cute!

[versed bridge]

Damn

[turbid karma]

anatomy studies i see

[glacial estuary]

hey heir got a min?

[viscid gust]

Sure what’s up

[glacial estuary]

dm

[worn briar]

man i am still in awe at that lineart

all of that with a phone touchscreen

[sturdy apex]

Drawing on a phone easy

Idk if it's because I've also drawn on the phone for 7 years or it's just simple

[crystal juniper]

definitely part of it... you have gotten used to it

[wary briar]

📱 drawing on phone

[sturdy apex]

Folks, Kofi or Patreon, which one is most likely to catch some eyes?

[molten sluice]

all done. So sleepy

[viscid gust]

cuuttteee

[proud birch]

I think patreon

Oh kofi is better for artists

Patreon is more suited to like

Content creators

[sturdy apex]

Yeah, although I'm asking like. What's more eye friendly to an audience?

[proud birch]

Kofi most def

[molten sluice]

Def Kofi

[sturdy apex]

Hmm aighty thanks guys

[crimson comet]

i wonder if people know about stripe

basically like paypal but so much better

[sturdy apex]

Nah I don't know

[untold trench]

Wow, it's now been a year since I first started seriously learning how to draw, kind of scary how fast it went by

anyways low effort neuro drawing

[versed bridge]

Cute

[viscid gust]

oh i missed this
this art isnt allowed on the server. Violates rule 10.3
mind deleting it?

[viscid gust]

i misread what you said btw
you can post this in #1095941852068331560 before the contest is over if you want

[crimson comet]

sure i guess

well no entry for me

[viscid gust]

horror and blood is fine! But this is more of a a depiction of gore, which crosses our lines

[crimson comet]

hm

i wonder what do i remove so that its within the rules

[viscid gust]

let me get a second opinion

this MIGHT be fine?? like its an open chest cavity but im not seeing organs

[crimson comet]

there is actually but its not that visible because of the random strands there