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Anonymous06/08/25, 03:29No.7600912/Studies/ - Studies General
>There is one thing not to do, and that is simply to drift along with the daily routine, making no extra effort. You will soon find yourself middle-aged, having done nothing more than routine jobs, and being little farther along than you were years ago. The extra effort is the difference between the great mass of mediocre artists and the comparatively small group of very good ones.
>And in Art, study can never stop. You will find sketches galore in the studio of the good man, with the paint quite fresh. The mediocre artist's sketches are old and dusty.
>I have seen so many middle-aged artists still hoping, whose samples are frayed at the edges, and thumb-marked with time. Sometimes it has been a matter of years since they sat down and actually did something to give their hopes any promise. They are plodding their lives away at something they hate, and doing nothing about it. These are the men who never seem to have had a chance. The truth is, they never seized a chance.
- Andrew Loomis, Creative Illustration
Read the fucking Sticky:
https://www.alexhays.com/loomis/
Recommended Resources:
https://hackmd.io/7k0XRnIQR6SValR77TDfZw?view
Lets study every day and keep each other accountable! All levels of artists are welcome. Post any kind of study you want: figure drawings, still lives, nature sketches, master copies, even imagination work that you want feedback on. Critiques and redlines are encouraged :D
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Anon06/08/25, 03:31No.7600914
mangrove trees. trying to improve my background drawing skillz
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Anon06/08/25, 03:59No.7600929
Current page I am trying to fill. I fear I am a perma /beg/
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Anon06/08/25, 08:19No.7601035
painting study
i basically don't have any idea what im doing, I just barely remember some stuff from meds map and try to make it look somewhat like the ref
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Anon06/09/25, 21:13No.7603049
The older I've aged, the more I realize how much better it is not to stand out. Even if you got crazy good. Why would you even want to flaunt that to the public.Seriously. If you ever make it to that level. Why put yourself on stage?
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Anon06/09/25, 21:23No.7603061
this is a thread for me
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Anon06/10/25, 20:29No.7604322
Hello any advice to have a better result ? Some details are not correct and general proportion are not accurate, that I know but any advice on the filling ?
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Anon06/10/25, 22:26No.7604483
Some drawings from today. I am following Ron Lemen videos on Bridgeman, but it feels really hard to synthesize the anatomy details. I skipped Bridgeman heads like that guy from the link on hackmd recommend, but I don't know if I should study Loomis head now or after Bridgeman.
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Anon06/10/25, 23:44No.7604583
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Anon06/16/25, 20:26No.7611940
TODAY IM TO DRAW AND STUDY THE BESTEST EPIC ROACH STARCRAFT 2 AND IM ALSO BETTER THAN YALL
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Anon06/20/25, 03:29No.7615441
Trying to draw objects from a different angles. It's hard to get the proportions right.
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Anon06/21/25, 22:52No.7617491
Not if I should post this question here or in /beg/.
I'm trying to learn by copying references and artists' work but I feel like I'm blindly copying what I see instead of why it's there. What can I do about this?
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Anon06/22/25, 16:52No.7618082
I drew some birds.
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Anon06/22/25, 20:14No.7618318
How do you keep up your mental stamina? I want to study more but I tend to burn myself out on them and then go long periods without doing any
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Anon06/22/25, 23:33No.7618533
is anti gesture someone that doesn't do gesture drawings
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Anon06/23/25, 14:23No.7619163
>I have seen so many middle-aged artists still hoping, whose samples are frayed at the edges, and thumb-marked with time. Sometimes it has been a matter of years since they sat down and actually did something to give their hopes any promise. They are plodding their lives away at something they hate, and doing nothing about it. These are the men who never seem to have had a chance. The truth is, they never seized a chance.Literally me.
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Anon06/26/25, 13:07No.7622503
Are these both yours? I am really into drawing and painting old trees with crazy roots. Do you have some more of these or any finished work? Here’s one of my trees. I don’t do much sketching myself but I’m frequently staring off at interesting things and imagining myself painting what I’m looking at. Seems to actually improve my painting when I do that but maybe it’s in my head. These are probably 5 minutes of pencil sketching, 2 hours of ink, then after the ink is dry the painting maybe took another hour.
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Anon07/02/25, 01:40No.7629361
This is going to sound retarded, but I've been recommended Vilppu's stuff and I don't really understand how to study it. Do I want to draw what he's drawn or just try to internalize everything he's putting down in text? In that case I don't really want to study drawing ovals and stick figures and boxcars. It's boring. I'd rather make my own gestures or box shapes.
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Anon07/02/25, 01:49No.7629369
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Anon07/12/25, 13:15No.7643105
i'm trying to do this exercise from marco bucci's course, but i don't really understand how light interacts with objects and where shadows should be put. like here, i attempted to make light come from the front and above, with some kind of big cast shadow in the middle, but i'm not sure if i did it right. critique very welcome
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Anon07/12/25, 13:16No.7643106
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Anon07/14/25, 22:20No.7646831
I'm taking the pencil again since few months. I'm a beg with not very good (no to say terrible) eyes accuracy. Everytime I draw I'm frustrated, even when the drawing is ok, that certain thing or out of palce or proportions mistake.I mostly sketch. I did a year ago all of Fun With A Pencil, a good book and enjoyed it a lot.I saw the krenz video and understand the importance of good eyes to really improve. The thing is that I'm totally lost when it comes to the enveloppe thing. I don't really understand how to deal with it, neither do I understand how to deal with it inside too kek.Can I just identify shapes independently at the beginning and not carrying about the enveloppe ? Or should I really focus on understand it ? Also, should I have a sketch approach (with a lot of restating) or should I do like the guys on Bargues plates videos (when I put a line, I'm sure of it exactitude) ?Sorry for blogposting.
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Anon07/16/25, 19:43No.7649772
Permabeg retrying to learn anatomy
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Anon07/18/25, 15:03No.7652616
This thread is very wholesome, I might redline the studies, grading and tips, all of yall cool?
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Anon07/20/25, 01:40No.7654855
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Anon07/20/25, 04:41No.7655037
Study attempt.
It's very hard to shade with graphite. I will try charcoal next.
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Anon07/23/25, 20:33No.7661134
Never tried to actually sit down and study shadows before beyond just blocking out the shapes
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Anon07/26/25, 16:36No.7665492
Didn't realize there was a study thread mbFirst batch of PixiQueenie face studies
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Anon07/29/25, 21:06No.7669927
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Anon08/02/25, 06:52No.7673419
color studie, 30 min
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Anon08/06/25, 23:25No.7679956
Bump
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Anon08/06/25, 23:47No.7679981
Not pushing yourself won't stop the flow of time you enourmous faggot. Zoomers deserve nothing.
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Anon08/07/25, 19:16No.7680889
Does anyone have this reference pack or anything similar with lots of animal skulls? It looks pretty fun to studyhttps://lane339.gumroad.com/l/Skulls
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Anon08/07/25, 20:19No.7680956
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Anon08/10/25, 18:42No.7685274
bump
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Anon08/12/25, 09:19No.7687336
Been doing proportion studies to help with consistency. I take the time to draw out the proportions of my character and try to apply those measurements to the figure in ref, regardless their body type or gender. It's a bit more difficult in complex poses since my anatomy skills aren't where I want them to be, but this helps a lot.
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Anon08/12/25, 09:48No.7687358
so this is where all the gmi drawers post, good to know
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Anon08/12/25, 16:35No.7687655
Why is the skill level in here 100x the rest of this board, lol. Anyway, I can’t draw worth anything, lmao. I think I’m getting a little better though. All my power level points are in color and watercolor technique
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Anon08/13/25, 03:58No.7688467
How can I achieve a sharp, good-looking brush texture in Photoshop? I tried using the Mixer Brush, but I feel clumsy with it; everything turns into a blurry mess (like picrel). The sharpen filter doesn’t help much either...
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Anon08/17/25, 08:48No.7693799
Bump
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Anon08/17/25, 10:25No.7693837
the quote from loomis can be summarized very simply, which is funny to me.just draw.
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Anon08/17/25, 10:30No.7693840
i'm doing too many elaborate studies and less sketchy and fast ones. i'm not sure which is more effective, i have to find a balance between doing more minor stuff next to the big studies AND projects i want to do. i mean, as long as one keeps drawing, eh? i wont just repost it but link from the other thread as long as its up https://i.4cdn.org/ic/1755128675183927.jpg [https://i.4cdn.org/ic/1755128675183927.jpg]
these take quite a while to do, but it does feel effective in training
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Anon08/17/25, 19:21No.7694315
Ok so I'm trying out construction
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Anon08/17/25, 20:41No.7694418
I just picked up CSP and I'm looking to dive into it soon, but I've never touched it or Photoshop before. If anyone could drop some recommendations for videos or tutorials that would help me learn the app, I’d really appreciate it.Attaching a little study done in Procreate so it’s not totally off-topic teehee
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Anon08/18/25, 14:20No.7695236
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Anon08/18/25, 17:46No.7695544
And the actual study part
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Anon08/21/25, 01:35No.7699001
Tried myself at some middle aged hag drawing
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Anon08/21/25, 03:20No.7699141
I think I messed up the legs :(
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Anon08/22/25, 23:05No.7701120
im studying ancient weeb flora
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Anon08/23/25, 23:32No.7702293
Do you guys use one sketchbook for everything or do you have multiple for different subjects (studies, life drawing, ideas, etc.)?
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Anon08/24/25, 03:05No.7702491
trying to get bettter at designing and polishing materialswish i didn't paint so tight, it's a pain in the ass to blend and polish every edge when rendering something
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Anon08/28/25, 22:03No.7707662
There's another Feng Zhu video from the /beg/ guide which recommends 10 studies per day as a routine, but I'm finding myself rushing to meet the number rather than taking my time like many of the people ITT.
Would it be more productive to do maybe a few quick sketches, say 4, and then a long sketch for #5 rather than just 10 sloppy 10-20 min sketches?
Or maybe throw out the idea of meeting numbers and just focus on quality?
Sorry I'm a bit of an autist and like to follow directions precisely.
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Anon08/29/25, 10:14No.7708280
Errrrmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
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Anon09/02/25, 20:23No.7713547
Bump
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Anon09/03/25, 03:58No.7714175
hey guys I'm trying to paint like picrel, so I'm studying it, but I feel like there's always something off with my copy, is anyone willing to help a retard out please?
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Anon09/03/25, 19:05No.7714778
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Anon09/06/25, 10:32No.7717719
hello mr beg is here
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Anon09/06/25, 13:42No.7717806
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Anon09/06/25, 17:50No.7717972
Beetle :)
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Anon09/07/25, 22:08No.7719368
Figure drawings I did yesterday and the day before, 10 minutes each.
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Anon09/08/25, 11:51No.7720257
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Anon09/09/25, 05:24No.7721213
doodle :)
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Anon09/09/25, 14:59No.7721563
I try to limit myself to 30mins
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Anon09/09/25, 16:25No.7721623
>day 10374829347472 of trying to improveWill there be a Eureka! moment when I finally figure out how to do art well, or is art a never-ending cycle of self-hatred?
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Anon09/11/25, 02:39No.7723456
I did my first back study today, but I kind of got fixated on cross contours and studying form. Do you think this type of study is valuable or did I waste an hour doing a bunch of needless cross contour lines? Any advice/feedback appreciated, since I'm still a beg, and I don't really have an established process yet.
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Anon09/14/25, 00:32No.7726098
Rendering always seemed cryptic to me, so I sat down and bruteforced this one with a "just paint what I see" approach to get a handle on blending. Amidoinitrite?
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Anon09/14/25, 01:38No.7726136
I settled on more of a middle ground approach with my current studies, still focusing primarily on form. I went with fewer cross contour lines to just give the idea of the shape. Drawings with tons of cross contours are fun, but I think I'll hold off on those while I'm still getting the basics of form down.It works well with muscular figures with a lot of distinct masses, but softer feminine forms are tougher for me right now for some reason. This was partly because I was probably 3 hours deep on studies or so at this point and was starting to get tired/bored, but I also struggle a bit when the geometry is way more subtle and the planes are less distinct.I'm the most happy with how #3 turned out, so I think I'll try to go that route with future studies.
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Anon09/15/25, 20:04No.7727882
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Anon09/19/25, 18:58No.7731316
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Anon09/20/25, 03:36No.7731756
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Anon09/22/25, 04:26No.7733674
Bunch of experimental leg studies while I learned how gesture and shading works.
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Anon09/22/25, 11:30No.7733887
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Anon09/23/25, 04:26No.7734899
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Anon09/23/25, 20:13No.7735438
I want to get better at gesture drawing, so I'm gonna try to do it more consistently. I don't want to waste a month doing it wrong, so I'd love any pointers. I based this on Michael Hampton's method. I think I need to suggest more form in the gesture.
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Anon09/27/25, 07:58No.7739163
How do you paint the nose
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Anon09/30/25, 18:17No.7742749
didn't have a lot of time today, but here is a quick study of an Athena bust
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Anon10/02/25, 18:31No.7745401
watercolor flowers
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Anon10/03/25, 00:15No.7745737
man
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Anon10/04/25, 17:11No.7747495
I’ve been really frustrated trying to draw figures so I started drawing skeletons. How do you even begin to draw figures? I can’t figure (heh) out what I’m missing. But skeletons are really fun to sketch.
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Anon10/06/25, 01:05No.7749272
sloppy, time limited
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Anon10/08/25, 20:12No.7752231
decided to learn chinese ink style a year ago, been practicing daily since.still looking like shit comparing to masters, but the progresion motivates me
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Anon10/08/25, 23:14No.7752362
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Anon10/11/25, 00:14No.7754102
rendering this is taking ages holy shit
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Anon10/16/25, 19:53No.7760991
I should do more portraits
