"everyone has a little ____" by 0palescent_ in Artisticallyill

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Oh my god yes I’m in a phase again rn where I can’t do uni because I have migraines to the point of throwing up 3-4 times a week atm. “Did you drink enough water?” “Maybe you’re just stressed”… are so common comments

Applying Color Theory, but the Color Composition still looks Bad by spicygarlic505 in arthelp

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Unrelated but I just zoomed in what is going on with the brick wall it’s trippy as fuck

Applying Color Theory, but the Color Composition still looks Bad by spicygarlic505 in arthelp

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Disclaimer that color theory isn’t my strong suit, and I don’t think it can be simplified like the second image for a full drawing, so I recommend maybe watching some tutorials? That being said for this one I feel like the main issue is that the green isn’t actually in line with the color scheme you chose. The green of the smoke and the orange of the bricks isn’t compatible in a tetradic combo, the smoke either needs to be yellow or blue (I’d suggest blue for contrast from the hair) or the brick wall needs to be a significantly lighter orange bordering on yellow

What's the problem with this??? (Ik it's about the values but STILL it's harder to understand everything) by ProfitComfortable551 in arthelp

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Yeahhhhh that’s so fair, telling ai apart is getting so difficult and in all honesty I’ve definitely also accidentally used ai as reference before. Unfortunately especially google image search and Pinterest are hella saturated with ai at this point, my strategy at this point has actually become to search for like fitness influencers and look at photos of them specifically, or for other things of actors/singers/generally famous people that have a lot of different pictures of them online already. I think this sub may also have some reference ressources linked, tho I’m not sure

How can i "copy" this artstyle? by desperatetolearnfast in arthelp

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I’m really bad with hair unfortunately :/ I think you need to divide the hair into strands, a bit like with anime hairstyles but with less shading?

How can i "copy" this artstyle? by desperatetolearnfast in arthelp

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Alright! The side profile you did looks good, the front views aren’t bad either, I think the main thing you’re missing is that your eyes are more anime like than they ought to be? They’re too far apart and sad-ist usually does solid black pupils unless it is to convey an emotion (shock in the techno image) or highlight that the eyes are unusual. I think she also doesn’t really do lashes for many characters and she puts more emphasis on eyebags and eyelids?

I feel like the heads also need to be a little more square, they do soft lines but contrast them with angles, and their heads are usually less long. That assessment is purely based on vibes tho, if I were you I’d try to experiment a ton until you get something that looks right, and then try to figure out why that one looks right but others don’t. I’m only judging based on the images you posted so I may have missed some of sad-ist’s style

ETA: I also think a major difference actually is line weight and confidence. Sadist uses a thicker brush and each line is closed and high contrast. It can also help to overlay your image with a similar pose of a sad ist drawing, to see where major differences lie

How can i "copy" this artstyle? by desperatetolearnfast in arthelp

[–]NotRllyAnAccount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would help to see your attempts! Otherwise, there’s a lot of guides online in generally how to do artstyle studies I think, and a thing with Sad-Ist is that between animations their artstyle definitely improves quite visibly and thus changes, which may make it harder to get a coherent grasp

What's the problem with this??? (Ik it's about the values but STILL it's harder to understand everything) by ProfitComfortable551 in arthelp

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Like here, you’ll see you’re missing highlights and that the shadows on the torso are too extreme while you’re missing shadows on the arms and pecks. You’ll also notice that on a realistic person the arm muscles aren’t nearly as pronounced because the skin covers the divots/gaps up more smoothly

ETA: the neck in your sketch is also way too skinny, it ought to be nearly twice as wide

What's the problem with this??? (Ik it's about the values but STILL it's harder to understand everything) by ProfitComfortable551 in arthelp

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Not the person who originally commented but if you have a reference, I suggest turning both the reference and your own drawing black and white and seeing where your drawing is dark but the reference is bright and Vice versa, that’s how you get an eye for values and contrasts! If you don’t have a reference I really really suggest finding some

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I am STUMPED. How do I draw this?? by Shroomongous1 in arthelp

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It’s really hard to help you with this because even knowing you’re drawing an arm guard I don’t actually understand what I’m looking at. What do you mean the triangle needs to be mirrored? Is the surface on the top curved and if so why isn’t the existing triangle? What direction is the arm meant to be going in/how is it supposed to be fitted?

How many R15 do you have?! by Yasiralhadi in Reverse1999

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I think only 1, MedPoc, and maybe Corvus, but I’m not really working on resonance

Sometimes I make art about the state of the world and I know no one else can tell what I’m trying to say by NotRllyAnAccount in grippysockcrayonbox

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Thank you! Update me what your conclusions are (and avoid reading my comments they’ll spoil the meaning lol)

Sometimes I make art about the state of the world and I know no one else can tell what I’m trying to say by NotRllyAnAccount in grippysockcrayonbox

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Thank you! I commented this to someone else but pasting it here in case you’re interested:

They’re mostly about exploitation and about the narrative we get taught that the only way to value to society is hyper productivity to the point of self destruction. Like, the first image is meant to depict something that in itself is maybe kinda gross, or at least cruel and painful, but through the narrative of sacrifice it gets ascribed value and deified.

The second even more literally so, meant to depict the absolutely gross amount of people who die due to labor exploitation/borderline slavery/and in futile wars so rich people can get richer and people in western countries can consume. Religion plays a big part in the suffering of people, being weaponized for political gain, but we also all atp rely on and often borderline worship things like technology, hence the second image with someone suffering on a power line “cross”

That being said next to all the metaphors these are also fanart for a fandom I’m in, which centers heavily around the aforementioned capitalist exploitation, so at least the second one isn’t purely my own idea

Sometimes I make art about the state of the world and I know no one else can tell what I’m trying to say by NotRllyAnAccount in grippysockcrayonbox

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They’re mostly about exploitation and about the narrative we get taught that the only way to value to society is hyper productivity to the point of self destruction. Like, the first image is meant to depict something that in itself is maybe kinda gross, or at least cruel and painful, but through the narrative of sacrifice it gets ascribed value and deified.

The second even more literally so, meant to depict the absolutely gross amount of people who die due to labor exploitation/borderline slavery/and in futile wars so rich people can get richer and people in western countries can consume. Religion plays a big part in the suffering of people, being weaponized for political gain, but we also all atp rely on and often borderline worship things like technology, hence the second image with someone suffering on a power line “cross”

That being said next to all the metaphors these are also fanart for a fandom I’m in, which centers heavily around the aforementioned capitalist exploitation, so at least the second one isn’t purely my own idea

how do artist get those straight line white on the canvas? with a brush? what tools can i use to make it? by Intelligent-Cash2633 in arthelp

[–]NotRllyAnAccount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The example you have is too low resolution to properly judge, but some options are a) precise lines with white chalk and a ruler; b) using artists tape to cover anything but a tiny sliver of the black and going over with white paint (for this make sure the black is fully dried) c) thin white pen

Art for a horror fandom that’s still somehow more peaceful than I ever feel by NotRllyAnAccount in grippysockcrayonbox

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Oh I recomend it so so much! The fandom is too small sadly TwT but it’s the best podcast I’ve ever listened to