I would suggest just drawing whenever and whatever you can. People assume it's a skill you're born with. Maybe that's true I dunno but for most people it seems to just be a matter of practice, practice, practice. Actual classes and personal input will be much better than a book but if that's not possible just draw. Keep on drawing and don't let that shitty voice in your head say it's no good.

>>52239
I will and I try to but what are some good exercises to start with ?
I'm thinking I should start with proportion first.

i have so many ideas but it's frustrating when I draw them and it looks like total shit

>>51450
it's hard to let go

In the meantime I've started another attempt at colouring and shadowing. I think it's coming along somewhat ok. Not personally a fan of this 'style' of shadowing/colouring, and I'd prefer to go for a more tight style, but I'll get there eventually.

>>52227
Yeah, well found is maybe a bit vague. My girlfriend used to go to art college and owns a couple, but hardly ver uses them.

>Keywords

Thanks, I'll definitely look those up. It's a bit overwhelming when searching in vague terms like I was doing before.

>I don't mean that as a backhanded compliment.

Defnitely not taken the wrong way, I appreciate it! I'm not going to kid myself in thinking I am anywhere near resembling someone that knows how to draw.

>>52229 That's sweet.


>>52147 Always watching.

>>52229
Nice and chaotic!
>>52228
Thanks! I love your interpretation of it
The adventures of the demonic wizard shall continue

Even though they are on hold for a while, since i don't know what to do with the background
I kinda like it black, but maybe i'll come up with something at some

A new wonky dice handpoke cus I was bored. The transfer rubbed off because I was too impatient to start so more or less freehand.

>>52091

>>52092

Back again after a hiatus, I'll try to throw my cents around.

>>52076
Aperture is the hole inside the lens which dictates how much light gets through by changing the size of the hole. A high aperture means a smaller hole which means less light getting through and a sharper image with a deeper depth of field. As for the shutter speed, you probably have a setting in the menus for keeping a standard exposure time when the flash is in use. You can probably disable it there, at least I can with my 30D. That said, the basic exposure time that is set with it is mostly the best to use with the built in flash, but you can try a longer exposure, but then you still run into the same troubles as without the flash of having to keep the camera very stable.

>>52078
Out of those three I like this one the best, here the shallow depth of field works to bring the focus to the head of the bug and keeping the focus of the viewer there, but it still suffers from the detriments non-contrasting colors causing the bug to blend in with the background too much, which I've found the built in flash tends to do. I would have also cropped the picture much tighter because as it stands it's simply too large of a picture for such a small focus point, much closer to the bug would have left more interesting detail readily viewed without having to zoom around the picture.

>>52080
I like this the best out of yours, great contrast of colors and a good composition, I especially like the slight framing of the out-of-focus moss in the corners, it brings a nice depth to the picture. That said, I may have opted for an even lower and closer view point so that more of the detail on the moss could be seen and the picture would be shot along the moss, not down to it. More of the framing might have been good too, sort of a valley kind of view between the moss. Also a little more vibrance would have been nice, the green of the moss is quite muted. Infact you should have probably edited / shot for more vivid colors with those subjects, but that may be just my bias since I mostly shoot and edit for vivid and saturated colors.

>>52087
I don't have any experience with analog cameras so I can't really help there, but I think you just gotta keep shooting, but not shoot like with digital. One or two shots per subject and move on, experiment with various settings, compositions and lighting to find what works best for you and then continue from there. Might be useful to write the shot settings down so that you can look it up later when you want to achive a similar picture.

>>52088
Make sure you have the eyeglass roll set to the middle line so that there is no compensation, everything will look blurry because the focus you'll see from the viewfinder will not be the actual focus that'll be in the picture, I didn't figure it out myself until after few weeks of shooting with my first DSLR. The roll should be next to the viewfinder somewhere, for my 30D Canon it's top right. I also check this roll when I go out shooting because it tends to get offset from neutral in transit.

>>52091
That's a little too much color in those... They somewhat work as abstact and surreal though, but that style would need a lot of refinement to find a groove that's visually pleasing, as it stands, it's just too jarring and strong in these.

>>52233
I'll leave it at this shot. All of these were shot with a 70-300mm telephoto, I can't recommend a telephoto lens enough in my opinion, it gives so much freedom on when shooting, though it is also restricting if you got something you need to shoot close and fast.

>>52131
this isn't not bullshit

this is not a thread

>>52131

>>52204

I wantto get a ying yang that is trippy like this to represent my love for balance, ying yang, give and take, light amd dark, good amd evil, as well as my love for the hallucinogens that have made my entire life so much better. I want it to be somethinf subtle that ill be able to explain to the people i choose but for others itll pass as just a really cool ying yang.

>>52204

OP you should find a good tattoo artist and have them do this for you, not us. Go to a tattoo artist ask the what they want and they will draw up a sketch for you, if you like it, great, if you dont, great they can try again or you can find someone else.

You want to find a tattoo artist that refuses to do other peoples artwork and only does their stuff, the difference being they will care most about the end result because it is a reflection of their work as a whole.

>>52206
Go to a tattoo artist and tell them what you want and they will draw a sketch* whoops.

that could be made into a cool tattoo. here's a big tip though - just because it's a good painting/drawing does not mean it will automatically make a good tattoo!
most people think you can take any image into a tattoo shop and they will magically be able to make it work, failing to take into account the differences between the human skin as a medium as compared to paper/digital.
many tattoos will look cool at first but if not put on by a capable tattooer, it WILL look like shit in a few short years.
do yourself a favor, do some research, find the most legit tattoo shop you can, and speak to the artist there. most respectable tattooers will give you advice about what will make a solid tattoo that lasts and still looks good in 10 years, as long as you are open to learning and don't try to tell them how to do their job.
many tattooers are stoked to do custom pieces for people, but make sure you let them do their thing - if the artist isn't stoked about the artwork they're putting on you, you will both most likely be unsatisfied with the end result.

ive seen this countless times in tattoo shops - people come in with a very particular idea, shove their phone in the artist's face and ask them to "do this please". when the artist explains to them why the design would need to be changed a bit to make a solid tattoo, most people don't seem to listen and just say "yeah but i want it THIS way"
sorry for the rambling post, but seriously there are so many tattoo shops who don't give a fuck and will happily give you a shitty tattoo for your money, but if you take the time to talk this over with an artist who cares, you will walk away with a rad piece based on your vision.

>>52204
I've had two ideas. One is just getting some neat looking plant tattooed on a leg. My other idea is to just have one of my arms totally covered in fairly random stuff. I'd mostly just tell a tattoo artists, put whatever you want on here and see where it went.

son of a bitch, wrong board

Take it easy.

>>52212

>this

Chocolate chip cookies with gummy bears and reeces peices and then like top it with like icing and sprinkles and shit and then like sandwich 2 together with whipped cream and jam in the middle and then drink down like a nice mug of egg nog.

>>52210
Food is art. If /art/ and /nom/ got combined, both boards would synergize well and get a good traffic boost.

>>52151

Good work. Let me suggest a great free resource to help with your proportions, to help with realism.

https://ia801608.us.archive.org/8/items/andrew-loomis-drawing-the-head-hands/andrew-loomis-drawing-the-head-hands.pdf

>>52152
Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I've got a whole package of Loomis ebooks handy. I've browsed through them off and on over the years, but never committed myself to seriously studying them, unfortunately. They're just so full of a lot of information that it's rather overwhelming. Maybe someday. Loomis was one of the major contributing figures that got me out of that "anime/manga esque" drawing phase during my early teenage years. Not to shun anime or manga or anything. Just sayin'.

>>52153

Nemo, I do love your work. I'm glad I popped in here I'm gonna have a lot of fun here.

>>52151
woah thats rad. havent been that into digital painting but very impressive

>>52151
I am jealous of your understanding of light, forms, and figures. Good work.

>>52173
That looks fine to me. I'm not a licensed medical doctor, but nonetheless I prescribe medical marijuana for your treatment.

>>52180
thanks doctor, it was tasty

that's the cooked egg tho, not the raw one

>>52171
Modern pork is very unlikely to have trichinosis, the main culprit in causing us and our ancestors to be warey of pork. Pork is now so safe because of the updated technology and medical knowledge. I've even read reports that it's perfectly safe to eat pork medium rare now. I personally cook it through because that's just the taste i prefer in my pork.

modern art sure is getting lazy nowadays

>>52197
i was shitting for like three days straight, the suffering for my craft was real

>>52185
museum curators and auction houses and the like

>>52188

>>old wizards

>>52192

>Wisenheimers

>>52193
:}

>>52185

>>(((they)))

>>52122

>Selling non-commissioned art is disingenuous at best.

Not really sure what you mean but maybe I know the feeling you're describing. The idea of trying to sell my art makes me uneasy, as it's all a very personal process. But I know that great work comes from a place like this and I happily buy art from friends knowing that they aren't commissioned for me specifically.
If someone wants to give me money for something that I worked hard on, and they'll genuinely appreciate having it, that's pretty rad and seems like a balanced trade.

>>52123
Well, if you're trying to convey an emotion with your art, not sharing it at least with your friends kinda defeats the purpose.
Unless that's not your agenda.

So this is kind of a tangent but along the lines so I'll shoot.

Releasing works posthumously, or destroying/leaving a final will to destroy your work; thoughts?

>>52129
I would much rather have the unfinished work released, like DFW. leave behind a mystery and room for speculation.
personally I look forward to death and only hope that I have created enough art of interest before then that at least someone will find it interesting or hopefully inspiring.

>>52060

>The worst place your art can be is in storage.

I agree I like to give it away.

>>52122
I've never heard of Van Gogh,Picasso or Salvador Dali only making comissioned art. We all can't have our Peggy Guggenheims or Medici's.

Honestly I thought this thread died a long time ago.

smaller version?

I need to get off my lazy ass and do that. Been putting it off because of Star Wars OC's, and some other character shit.

good job. there really isn't enough well drawn tcc chan pictures.

I was just about to do something similar, that's really good anon <3

spiteful bump because this thread is garbage and should be heralded as such