The Official Art thread

[Xephaeston]

Heyo

Just have a few questions if I may.

I am learning PhotoShop for a while now and I can make decent things with it clan related and wallpapers. Now the thing is that I want to get a drawing tablet. But I'm not really good at it. Are there any people here who are familiar with it and draw alot regularly? Could someone give me a bit of tips and hints about the tablet and how to draw on it?

I'm thinking of getting a Wacom Intuos Pro.

 

[kraggrim]

I just got a tablet (just a cheap chinese one) and would also like to hear people's tips!

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

A tablet is the same deal as drawing on paper and you just need to get used to it through practice. I can't think of any useful tips beside "use the screen location=tablet location option rather than the dragging one"

 

[Grikiard]

Hardest part about using my tablet was getting comfortable looking straight ahead at the screen rather than down as if I were using paper. It really isn't difficult and you quickly get used to it.

If anything I reckon it is easier to draw digitally.

I have a small Intuos.

 

[kraggrim]

Practice, Jacob? No no, you misunderstand. We want to hear that one weird trick digital artists don't want you to know about.

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

The trick is to be born with ten index fingers.

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Context for the second one: https://twitter.com/BestoftheMail/status/870730973935259648

 

[crodio]

first pic has an oversized head and or an undersized neck, just like my penor ))))

 

[Cordor]

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why does it say burajiru ?

my girlfriend borrowed her drawing tablet for me to try it out, It's weird to use it and windows 10 hate it

Spoiler: **** doodles

Spoiler: An attempt at R.Mika

I don't have Paint Tool Sai

 

[Grikiard]

gud

 

[Cordor]

Trying to get good at this paint tool sai thing

Spoiler: Q from Third Strike

Hands are still a pain for me to draw

 

[Fierce Headmaster]

At least you got the keyframe on point, tho

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

That's pretty nice.
Hands are easier than most people assume, the trick is to  separate them into palms and lung cuboid fingers which are fairly easy to distort for different poses. Also use your own hand for reference whenever you can.

 

[Cordor]

Is there some way or technique to make so when I do drawings, the line work doesn't get all wavy or broken ? Or do I really need to be precise when doing that ?

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Practice to an extent, but you also need to get confident making longer strokes instead of tiny ones. It can sometimes help just to draw random shapes like circles and squares, and draw the same things over and over until they're muscle memory.

Another thing line artists often do is to trace curved lines in the air just above the page a few times before drawing them so they can get the arc right.

 

[Vovolov]

Ghosting, and you can use it for straight lines too. Try the exercises on DrawABox Subreddit if you want to practice your linework.

 

[kraggrim]

Humble bundle has a bunch of Corel software (plus other stuff) for £7 https://www.humblebundle.com/software-bundle . Dunno if I'd use it but these deals are always so damn tempting.

 

[Vovolov]

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I really wanted to start practicing portraits again, and this was today's first. (Ears and eyes are ****ed.)

 

[Antonis]

Nice!

 

[Captured Joe]

Very good!

 

[kraggrim]

Looks great overall! Ears are always a damn pain.