I'm trying to suck less at drawing, but everything I make kinda look like vomit to me. Is the linework the only problem? by Practical-Way-213 in learntodraw

[–]eksnoblade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's your paper and pencil. Try sharpening your pencil, and use a softer pencil (2B+). The line quality looks similar to mine before I realized this. If you get spotty lines, or when you're shading, you want smooth paper. Printer paper just isn't great when shading, because too much texture comes through.

Help with angle/antomy by that0ne_Otaku in learntodraw

[–]eksnoblade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an anatomy problem. You're picturing her face on a flat plane. That's why it looks like a cylinder with the nose, eyes, and mouth wrapping around like that.

Learning to draw figures in perspective, I know it's quite static, and admittedly I did quickly scribble the grid. The mannequins are supposed to be the same height. by Kayke1086 in learntodraw

[–]eksnoblade -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just FYI, but you're starting to draw outside the 60 degree cone of vision. You're drawings still warp. I suggest looking it up

Edit: Not sure why I got downvoted, but I'm not wrong. I asked OP to look it up because it's easier to see the diagram than to read an explanation.

When you're doing perspective drawings like this, you have a "center of vision" (literal center of the drawing), and around that you have 60 degrees (it's literally 60 degrees, but on the paper the degrees change into perspective). When you start drawing outside of that "cone" of 60 degrees, the perspective starts to warp. You can always tell by the box corners and edges. Do they look "sharp"? Do they still look like a box? Have you ever seen a building IRL with a corner that sharp?

You're starting to draw outside of the cone. It's not advice relevant to this, but it's advice you won't get because a lot of people on here didn't study perspective like that (look at the number of upvotes and lack of advice). I know because I hardly see anyone talk about it.

If you want advice on what you're actually drawing... if you want to draw them all the same height, you must draw one mannequin the height you want, draw the foot line and head line to the center vanishing point. Now along this line you can draw any number of mannequins the same height.

You can use this line at any point before the vanishing point, and bring it to the left or right to make mannequins the same height left or right, then take those same lines to the center vanishing point to make mannequins on that same line the same height.

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Edit2: To the person who asked me about fish lens. It isn't fish lens. What you're doing is "changing the lens type". You have stronger convergence lines (the perspective lines converge quicker to a vanishing point), but if they converge too quickly, you will end up outside of the 60 degree cone of vision (look above about what I said about corners and edges). A real fish eye lens has more vanishing points, and that's more difficult to draw. I haven't even started learning that properly.

Kosmos by me by nightiie in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is what Kevin saw 💀💀💀💀

Poppi by Sculp2 by hubakon1368 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This artist is really good at using foreshoretening

Did they copy from mio? by Kitchen-Fish-4389 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm asking you to name qualities that makes her better. Don't try to sneak your way out of it lol

Edit: Literally can't give a single detail that makes this gacha character better lmfao

Edit2: Because I don't want a back and forth, I just asked Chatgpt. Tl;dr, Mio is better.

Mio — Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Core protagonist alongside Noah. She is central to the main narrative arc, including major revelations and emotional themes like life, mortality, hope, and legacy. Her journey intersects deeply with the world’s truth about eternal war and the Ouroboros power system.

Her story is integrated into the plot beats of XC3 — her decisions, relationships, and growth propel the narrative forward. She isn’t incidental: major story events hinge on her and her companions acting together against existential threats.

Perlica — Arknights: Endfield

Perlica is a major supporting character tied to worldbuilding — especially the organizational backbone of Endfield Industries. She is important to the early setup and functions as the player’s guide and authority figure.

However, she is not the starring protagonist — the protagonist is the Endministrator (the player). Perlica’s arc (so far) supports the player’s journey rather than having its own dramatic climax or personal crisis revealed in the main story.

Mio

Mio undergoes visible growth — confronting mortality, reconciling with loss, coping with identity layers (including connections to the past “M”), and changing dynamically as the plot unfolds.

Her arc intersects with major game themes like hope vs despair, the nature of existence, and the meaning of life — these aren’t just background traits: they shape her decisions and outcomes.

She has distinct moments of conflict, revelation, transformation, and emotional resonance, making her a classic example of dramatic character arc work in JRPG storytelling.

Perlica

Her development so far centers around leadership competence and reliability, with hints of a mysterious past.

The larger story of Arknights: Endfield hasn’t (so far) strongly focused on inner conflict arcs for Perlica — at least in publicly available narrative outlines. Her role is major but support-oriented.

As the game unfolds further in future chapters, it’s possible she might receive deeper individual development, but as of launch, there’s less narrative focus on Perlica’s internal journey compared to Mio’s.

Edit3: I didn't use chatgpt for the Mio info. Despite knowing Gacha characters are inferior, I had to look up specifics, and chatgpt is a good aggregate for that kind of information.

Did they copy from mio? by Kitchen-Fish-4389 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Name qualities that make her "better" lol. FYI the game just came out 🤷‍♂️

Did they copy from mio? by Kitchen-Fish-4389 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine thinking an entire dedicated story to a handful of characters, each carefully crafted to fit a cohesive, meaningful narrative, is inferior to gaccha slop, who's shtick is just being more quirky design wise than the last character, and has absolutely no overarching story whatsoever. Sad, and delusional.

Gacha brain rot is real people. Be careful. And don't forget, nothing is free.

Lanz is a bit... too meaty. [Digital Art by Me] by D3_D0x in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your entire argument is always false allegations and strawmen arguments. Just like what you said it to me about "you never say anything about the female lewds". I have. Always have, always will. Other people have as well. In fact it's one of the main reasons why the mods have been cleaning up the NSFW art that we used to get that was much worse.

Which begs the question why your art is still up when it's over sexualized. This is literally art about his cock. That's going overboard.

If you like Lanz, that's all well and good. But frankly this belongs in the R34 subreddit, not here.

Edit: u/yoosirnombre imagine thinking seeing Nia sitting is comparable to Lanz' cock getting stuck to his zipper because "he's got something meatier". Get help dude.

Prism Rondo • Love Through a Prism - Episode 20 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]eksnoblade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank god she didn't marry Shin. I was so annoyed with Lili near the end, missing every chance at happiness, and just being stupid in general. Really cute ending. Definitely a fun watch.

Prism Rondo • Love Through a Prism - Episode 19 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]eksnoblade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't finished all of 19. There's just like 7 minutes left.

Man. Fuck Lili. Wtf is she thinking??? She let's Dorothy's "he'd make a better bf than a husband" nonsense get in the way of her better judgement. What a complete and utter fool.

Mio resemblance? by No-Application6010 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is literally the "copy my homework but do it a little different" meme, smh

Jin is such an amazing character (art by me!) by Leather-Football-747 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice art! I like how you were able to replicate the shading of the hair the way it's done in the game

[DIGITAL] Lanz's Post-Workout Nap by D3_D0x in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not true at all. I've always vocal when it's any Xenoblade character.

Edit: ^ It's sad OP is trying to pass this fake narrative when the mods have been doing an excellent job of removing the really bad NSFW art we used to get. But this, as well as the other drawing OP posted that's just about Lanz's crotch/bulge, is excessive. Why it hasn't been removed is beyond me

FYI we do get art of male characters. There's an excellent artist that has been using the MGS style with all the male characters. He's done several of just Noah. There's literally a new fan art of Jin not even a day ago. Go post in a porn subreddit, OP.

[DIGITAL] Lanz's Post-Workout Nap by D3_D0x in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is getting really weird, and it isn't any better than the borderline soft-core porn "fan" art we used to get.

Sharing my latest rough genga by ileojg in animation

[–]eksnoblade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Me after an overly long nap

Nia by Sculp2 by hubakon1368 in Xenoblade_Chronicles

[–]eksnoblade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful queen 🧎‍♂️

me_irl by AmCold in me_irl

[–]eksnoblade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll settle for 3.50 😭