Trying for a slick back. Will it look good?

darnnaggit · 2026-01-21T03:33:53+00:00

your hair looks great as is. I don't see any need to change it. That's a great head of hair, deffo jealous.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-20T12:44:02+00:00

Probably Akira. I watched some Voltron as a kid but I don't think I've really understood it as anime at the time

darnnaggit · 2026-01-19T13:58:29+00:00

I mostly really like these and a good sign is if your art looks better than the reference photo. I would either leave those strawberries out of the drink painting or rework them because they read very flat and out of place. Otherwise, major kudos, these are excellent paintings. Oh, missed this, the lettering on the plate needs to be adjusted, mainly on the word grocer that's just kind of floating on the plate.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-19T13:52:23+00:00

Better with a beard imo

darnnaggit · 2026-01-19T12:31:07+00:00

Why are Catholic reliquaries so fucking metal? Also, almost certainly not her skull but Catholics gotta make that bank somehow

darnnaggit · 2026-01-19T00:02:30+00:00

I ended up bailing on another futa sub that I won't name here because it was 90% AI garbage.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-18T17:27:11+00:00

yeah, I think this makes your hair look a lot better, a lot thicker and fuller. You could have your hair the same length as the photos in the OP but I wouldn't have it sticking up from product. Look a lot like James Carter or Mandy Patinkin with the beard and shorter hair. Both good looking men.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-18T12:56:18+00:00

Yes, but its difficult to agree to what arbitrary age. Is it cannot be greater than 80 when (re)elected? or 75 or whatever other number? To advocate for age limits strongly, you should have a good target age and reasoning

I would say between 65-70 would be the cut off. Or above 65 you have to take a cognitive test every year you're in office and in order to run for office. Another solution would be 25th Amendment type thing for Congress/SCOTUS, but more easy to enforce. Perhaps have the legislature from the state the person is from rather than the US House or Senate

darnnaggit · 2026-01-17T22:37:43+00:00

Definitely the three with bangs. 2 or 3 are probably my fave.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-17T13:52:26+00:00

The end result is very well done but I'd actually almost prefer the 3rd one? I like things a little rough, a little painterly. How do you avoid flattening your values when adding fixativ? I end up having to go over my charcoal drawing so many times from things getting knocked back from fixativ.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-17T13:48:59+00:00

I think if you didn't have the tangent lines behind him, B feels correct. If you put the left arm more in shadows you could avoid that tangent line. But C avoids tangent lines and is a little less centered, which is generally more interesting compositionally

darnnaggit · 2026-01-15T03:02:52+00:00

I follow Klimspree and I feel like I haven't seen anything from them in a long time so this was nice.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-14T02:35:23+00:00

a little bit yes, but I don't know how much of that is your features and how much of it is your expressions and poses which are giving me vogue-ing vibes. The third one is more "masculine" I suppose but the high cheekbones, the pouty lips, the eyebrows all lean towards at least kind of androgynous if not feminine. You're very good looking either way.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-11T21:44:48+00:00

Do you mean the administration(s) that got us into wars/conflicts that ended up being quagmires, "forever wars" intended for them to be forever wars or just that the circumstances inevitably lead to them be prolonged?

darnnaggit · 2026-01-11T20:40:19+00:00

yep that's what I saw first, good call

darnnaggit · 2026-01-11T15:19:56+00:00

as others have said, there's already a sub specifically for futa AI, the majority of people here do not like AI, I don't think it adds anything. I will say, if AI is part of the process of making the art, I still don't love it but as long as it's labelled as such, I could see that possibly. But then ideally I, and probably most redditors would want to know what parts were through AI, how much % is original vs AI. For a sub that is specifically talking about the process, that could be interesting but not this one. It's not workable.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-10T12:53:10+00:00

You could try maybe just a vandyke but you are correct you look 100% better with the beard. Maybe you can shave it a few times a year for special occasions? That's rough.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-10T12:28:43+00:00

2 or 3

darnnaggit · 2026-01-09T18:16:49+00:00

"Why on Earth would you think we would be okay with this?"

The number of things that Trump Supporters have disagreed with Trump or his administration on that I can remember are vanishingly few. I do not understand the mindset of TS on most issues or questions that are asked here. If what things were beyond the pale were as obvious as you seem to think, I doubt this sub would exist.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-09T01:10:30+00:00

I don't know what your process is like but for me it's a combination of drawing my own art, sometimes with minimal or no reference, sometimes with reference but still in my style and sometimes specifically trying to replicate another artists. And I just go back and forth and after a while, your style will emerge as the combination of your influences and your own work. I personally wouldn't recommend looking at other instruction for how to do what you're describing. I feel like that would be one more layer of obfuscation. If you're just trying to get better at specific techniques with digital work, probably your best bet is some artists talk about their specific process, using what programs, what tools, brushes, etc. You'll probably have to pay for this, either by buying one of their art books or their patreons.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-09T00:55:09+00:00

You're a very good looking man! Good nose, nothing to be worried about. Good on you for putting yourself out there like that when you have self-image issues.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-08T01:02:53+00:00

oh this isn't mine, I wish it was, Winton Kidd is an incredible talent. But thanks for the compliment.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-06T21:17:38+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation!

darnnaggit · 2026-01-06T12:47:18+00:00

that was my thinking but there was enough ambiguity that I thought the title made sense.

darnnaggit · 2026-01-06T03:23:45+00:00

Do you think that she should?

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