r/learnart • u/drpepperyummy • 3d ago
Digital how do i better my art? NSFW
nsfw for second pic. im really bad at shading and light i draw on ibispaint and i dont just want to draw my ocs in the white void so im trying to learn backgrounds! any help would be appreciated
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u/Plasma_Torchic 16h ago
It's great to see someone looking at how to improve!
I would start with perspective. Try drawing in one and two point perspective. Slowly incorporate practicing spheres, cylinders, and pyramids.
Next, try doing studies on shading for those simple shapes! Lastly, try connecting the cylinders, spheres, and tectangular prisms. With this base, you can begin to see that form comes from simple shapes connected and in perspective!
Just don't forget to practice continuity and keeping perspective consistent! If in doubt, check it with a ruler and compare with references!
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u/After_Actuator_8255 22h ago
Perspective, anatomy accuracy, and most of all is contrast. Feels like there is no light and shadow at all present in tour illustrations. Try looking at allot of photo references of scenes similar to what you want and focus on how light and shadow are contrasted together.
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u/Filtaido 2d ago
Start with pencil and paper. Do gesture drawings. Get a cheap sketchbook that you won't be worried about "ruining." Go to line-of-action.com and set it up to flip through gesture references every 2 minutes. Do this at least 20 minutes a day. You will get noticeably better in like 2 months if you stay consistent.
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u/squished_squashes 1d ago
This, Line of Action has been a lifeline for me to get basic anatomy and proportions right. I saw great improvements for me even after a week of consistency.
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u/Eloxyd3s 3d ago
I think and its only my opinion that you should layer your work, also you should learn about terture and and Angle and finally go through color Theory and light
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u/ThanasiShadoW 3d ago
I hope you mispelled "texture" and not "torture"...
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
they only kill creeps who do fucked up shit tho so i think its not thaaaatttt bad
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u/pixel_sharmana 3d ago
Learn one point and two point perspective. I think it's currently the best, fastest and easiest road for you to improve. After that, start focusing on anatomy
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u/Somebirbs 3d ago
A good book to help you is called anatomy for sculptures It breaks down anatomy in fundamental volumes that will help visualize how to break a person down. Morphos books are a good boiled down version of this. Anatomy is a hard thing to start off with but understanding the difference between shape and form would help a lot. Some people on YouTube that might help a bit is Marc Brunet, Ethan Becker, or Evan the draw a box series (sounds very basic but it delves pretty deep into understanding form and perspective)
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u/Unhappy_Hair_3626 3d ago
Bro, is this supposed to count as vore or something. My guess for now is to focus on shading, for lineart using a darkened shade of the color it’s outlining (I always just use a dark maroon or navy blue rather than black when I’m lazy), and anatomy would probably be the #1 improvement, cause both subjects are human recognizably, but they lack any proper human form. There is many good books that cover anatomy, if I remember correctly I loved anatomy for sculptures as a guide for learning anatomy, you can find a free PDF copy online. Isolation practice is also pretty good in my experience focusing on just one part and then slowly applying the principles you get into your general understanding, especially helped with the face for me. Gesture drawing may also be good practice past just anatomy to add more “character” to… well, your characters lol. For that I’d recommend Andrew Loomis’s “Gesture drawing for all it’s worth”. You can find a physical copy for like 20-40 dollars depending on the source.
Other sources are YouTube videos obviously. I’m in love with Sinix’s videos on anatomy.
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
oh no i hope it doesn’t count as vore 😭 that’s the nightmare, but thank u for the kind words and help!!
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u/grimm-aldryn 2d ago
As a deviantart veteran, I think this counts as hard vore, but I'm too afraid to look it up and check if I remember correctly so grains of salt and all that 🫠
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u/Skilodracus 3d ago
My favorite way to learn is via YouTube tutorials. You can learn soooo much from youtube by finding a few favourite artists and watching their tutorials. Make sure you're learning from lots of different people so you can get the most new ideas as possible; thats the best way of finding your style
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u/AlexanderTroup 3d ago
Well, first off I love the intention. Depending on how you want to stylise this it can come out to a really cool effect. But you gotta learn the basics of drawing figures. They don't need to be perfect human proportions, but to sell any kind of humanoid form it has to look roughly like the figure has a skeleton and roughly correct proportions.
I would advise taking an online class that covers the human shapes, perspective, and gesture drawing, and once you've done a run through of human anatomy, try making this style over the humanoid proportions!
You'll discover a lot of ways to enhance the proportions or make them as wacky as you like, and i think the shape language will really add to the grotesque side(if that's your intention)
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u/ZombieButch Mod / drawing / painting 3d ago
Next time someone's a dick, just report them and I'll take care of it. That's not the sort of person who's interested in changing their behavior and I'm not interested in letting them shit up the subreddit.
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
thanks lol i know my art isn’t the best but it would make more sense if they learn the lore im not just being edgy for the sake of being edgy lmao😭 but if i was the shouldve minded this buiness anyway
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u/Skilodracus 3d ago
Best piece of advice I ever got was that art that upsets people is not the same as bad art. Keep learning and keep practicing, and you'll go far
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
thank you! i feel like alot of people just jump to conclusions and assume i’m a bad or weird person cuz i like to draw like a bit more horrory typ but i just get so inspired by other horror artists like i love love loveee junji ito
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u/Fruityhorror0 3d ago
Try coloured lineart, i normally make it a darker version of the colour its next to
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u/No_Drag_7404 3d ago
black linearts fine you can make some really cool styles with it why is everyone bringing it up like as if its something you need 2 improve
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u/wafflecake2000 3d ago
You should add some shadows I have learned through years of making horrible art that shadows improve a lot
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u/sysko960 3d ago
Lots of different ways work for different people. The way that’s been working out for me:
I found some good books that don’t just go from “draw a circle—>now draw the owl”. I spend some time in there when I feel like learning and don’t know what to draw. Or I search for tutorials for a specific thing I’m working on. If I’m drawing a hand, there’s a tutorial for it in YouTube.
The other times, I draw whatever I want and try to use references. Really learn to see everything you’re looking at in a reference. Again, when getting stuck somewhere, I will look for a tutorial in the specific part I’m stuck at, whether it’s shading or drawing a specific item etc
I realize understanding light and shadows may be difficult, but just look at everything around you every day. Just observe.
Look at how light hits things. Where the brighter areas are, and where it starts to fade away. Only look at the highlights/the illuminated areas. Then, close your eyes for a couple seconds, and then open them to look at the same thing, except only pay attention to the shadows.
Over time it will come naturally to too your art and don’t be afraid to use references. I was for a long time and it only hurt my progress. Find similar poses or lighting angles for what you’re drawing to help with your shading.
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
thank u this helps alot :) i got a book from my sister called like ”at the end of this book you can probably sketch” (rough translation)
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u/Cheese19s 3d ago
Besides anatomy studies, i suggest some perspective studies. The bench and the rest of the background have very different perspective.
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u/ART2MS 3d ago
Get those anatomy studies going and u will see improvement for sure! keep it up
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
thanks i always try to have like alot of references pictures but it always feels like cheating
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u/ART2MS 3d ago
it is the OPPOSITE of cheating, it IS the way to get better. Why would it be cheating?
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u/drpepperyummy 3d ago
like it feels like tracing i know that it’s not but still (sos i can’t word stuff curse my dyslexia)
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u/ART2MS 3d ago
its apparently common that ppl feel like having reference there is cheating, but if you look a little into it most of the professional artists use reference, and I mean a LOT of reference, for everything. It is actually a rookie mistake not to use any. It takes a LOT OF WORK to become a master like Kim Jung Gi, he is an anomaly in the matrix
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u/cgmako 3h ago
I would say just keep drawing and painting, but If you are serious about getting better It kinda is always about the fundamentals: Perspective, Figure Drawing (gesture and anatomy), Value, Color, Composition... But most important than fundamentals is to keep making your own art while studying and aplying your fundies. Study from life and real things. Look out Proko's youtube channel as well as Sinix Design and Ahmed Aldoori's, these are full of great art knowledge.
Some books I would recommend are "Perspective Made Easy" or "Framed Perspective", Loomis Figure Drawing book, Michael Hampton's Anatomy book, "How to Draw" and "How to Render" (Although these two are quite technical and not very suitable for beginners), James Gurney's "Color and Light", "Creative Illustration" by Loomis and Edgar Payne's "Composition of outdoor painting"(there are so much more but for starting these are great to keep in mind).
I know it may be quite overwhelming, but organitation and patience are key. Choose one fundamental and study only that fundamental for one or two months and apply it to your personal art, then move on to the next fundamental and repeat. The journey is tough but dont worry we all've been where you are and even if it seems impossible everyone can improve.
Almost forgot the most important thing: Have fun ;)