Yeah, I miss ic too...
I drew a picture with the Tegaki thing, but when I clicked submit, I forgot to tick the verification box and the picture was lost in an instant.
Just adding that as a warning for others.

I'd better just use my own software too...

>>156
>I forgot to tick the verification box and the picture was lost in an instant.
Alright I'll probably disable the submit button until all of the required fields are checked so it doesn't happen in the future. Maybe add it so that when you click the "Finish" button too in tegaki it will prompt you to save the image first.
Also the picture isn't 100% lost if that happens as you can still click the go back one page button it should still be there.

>>157
Maybe if you still have this tab open right now try doing that and see if it comes up.

>>153
I'd check out scott mccloud's books on making comics, there's plenty of actually good information, on how to draw, things to consider and tools that are pretty solid.

>>157
>>158
Oh, thank you. The picture wasn't very good, but I'll see if it was saved.
>>159
Yeah, I agree, I have the first two volumes of that series and I think his book "Understanding Comics" is also a good place to start.

>>153
Just wanted to mention my thoughts on some of the books here, this is more personal musings then actual advice.
>marvel way
I feel like it was made for people who already knows how to draw. I'm an entry level nigger who basically scribbles kind of and draws really shit stickfigures. For me, its like i can kinda draw shit circles and squares the regular way, think of hod a child draws. Not to piss on myself so much, i mean i drew stuff here for fun and people seemed to like it. I wanna draw the way old school comics are like, think jack kirby, john romita and so on. I personally had a very hard time learning from the book, To me it wasn't "making sense" like i couldn't replicate what was shown and follow the steps. Not to say, its a bad book, it's kinda fucking important especially nowadays, i've read too many comic books with dogshit, bland, stale art. Take the dune graphic novel, it's bland as fuck, stale artwork of two characters talking, with nothing really going on. It's a shame because dune is a great book, and if marvel adapted that shit in the 80's it would have been epic. The book has a good perspective on drawing in a cinematic way. Also, the information on tools and paints are gone now, most of the brands, brushes, paints are gone or suffer in quality nowadays.
>right side of the brain
Same problem as before, although i did actually improve a tiny bit. I find the information about the right/left brain iffy but the whole concept of "unconcious drawing" is super important. Also, the homework aspect are actually really fun, it reminds me of those old brainteaser books i used to do as a kid.
>keys to drawing
Did a tiny bit, i feel like if i work on this one i might hopefully will reach some type of breakthrough although life got in the way and i haven't drawn in months although i'm going to try again soon.

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its cool to have the tegaki at hand here.

>>156
I miss /ic/ and /sp/

>>159
thats useful thanks!


>>161
The books listed are mostly legacy, they can be updated. From that list, the only one I’d recommend is Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It’s simple, and having the upside-down drawing as the first exercise is a great choice to motivate people. What I really like is that it explains most of the draftsmanship lingo, values, negative space, composition, perspective, etc.

As for which book to follow after that, I’m not sure. It gets trickier there. I can only think of doing iterative drawing and sketching multiple times.

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>>160
The picture is really gone, probably because I did close my tab. Oh well... I'll just go with the last drawing I coloured.
Some weird fish guy lol.
I accidentally saved it as png and deleted the program I drew it with cuz I wanted to switch to krita... So I don't think I'll finish it more than it is. I should probably study more human anatomy and what makes colours appealing. I find it quite difficult to not be lazy with my line art, it's just so tedious... But I don't want to draw without outlines either...
>>162
Cute Elephant! I can't seem to replay the drawing like on /i/ though, but then again, I'm not even that familiar with /i/ or oekaki in general...
>I miss /ic/
Yeah, same... 4chan may be down but at least warosu is still up. The discord invites are still there too; I joined the manga/comic making server just today.

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>>163
Thanks! nice pose and idea.

>I should probably study more human anatomy
I just copy work from the masters like François Boucher and keep an ecorché at hand, but I don't get lost in the details. Most bodies drawn are soft, not really muscular.

>what makes colours appealing
Maybe start with Impressionism, the way they use color is very appealing to me. There are many lectures and blogs online that explain color relationships. Nathan Fowkes does a really great job teaching his craft!

Your setting is probably one where you can have fun with colors and lighting. Check out some of Olga Nikitina’s underwater paintings.

>>164
Wow, your painting is so good, you have a really beautiful style and sense for poses... Thank you so much
>nice pose and idea
Thank you!
>François Boucher
>ecorché
I didn't know what an ecorché is, looks like very useful reference stuff
>Impressionism
>Nathan Fowkes
>Olga Nikitina’s underwater paintings
Thank you for all the advice anon, you've made my evening! I'll look into it all

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>>165
thanks for the kind words.

>I didn't know what an ecorché is, looks like very useful reference stuff
is a really useful tool when studying/practicing, I use them like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG6nOQdQDnI [Play] I have collected some ecorchés here https://idlecanvas-wagmi.web.app/?mode=images use the link under the image to get the high res version!


Everything I know about painting mainly comes from this nathan fowkes demo, I used krita with rgba brushes , chalk brush and round opacity brush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ivwSzQ9ns [Play]