forum The Artist People Chat

Started January 06, 2019 by @The-N-U-T-Cracker

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Nice! I mostly draw my own characters or do concept art, but I do have a public page here on Notebook where I put sketches of characters others ask for. I sort of have an odd inbetween of cartoon and realistic.

I can’t do realistic. I do sorta cartoony, but not too much as to look strange and disproportionate or whatever.

Semi-Realism is what I usually go for. It’s not anime, but it’s not realistic, but it’s abstract, but it’s so definitely not abstract.

Same. I have my own style and whilst some people may be annoying little butts and call it anime, it obviously isn't. I keep changing my style though, but it has only been anime once, and that was me trying to make it anime. Oh what a stupid little seventh grader I was.

Every time I or someone else tries to describe their style I remember how hard it is to describe a visual medium. Like 'A young woman clad in old styled clothes smiling that's been painted with a realism style' doesn't translate to the Mona Lisa very well because you can also be talking about any other realism painting showing a woman.
It doesn't annoy me when others assume my style but that some people insist that they're right when I politely try to correct them. I would think I know what my style is.

Yeah. If I say my style isn't anime, it isn't, and no one can change that. :D

My style is definitely not anime.

Yup. Neither is mine, and when people _{cough cough my "friend"} say that my style is anime and refuse to accept it when I tell them that it's not and I really don't want it to be, they don't listen and just insist on being annoying.

I don't draw or even watch much anime, but I was drawing a character and my dad came up and started talking about my anime style and I tried to tell him I was going more for the Disney style, but he insisted it was anime because anime characters have big eyes even if that was the only thing that could possibly look anime on the character I was drawing. He compares my art, assumes he's right about my style, pronounces character names wrong on purpose, and doesn't take anything I say about my characters as more than a joke, he does all this constantly and then is confused when I never want to talk about my projects with him. I actually stopped drawing outside of art class for a while because being home schooled there was no one to talk about art with that actually cares about art. Sorry if that became a bit of a rant at the end, I didn't mean to write so much.

I don't draw or even watch much anime, but I was drawing a character and my dad came up and started talking about my anime style and I tried to tell him I was going more for the Disney style, but he insisted it was anime because anime characters have big eyes even if that was the only thing that could possibly look anime on the character I was drawing. He compares my art, assumes he's right about my style, pronounces character names wrong on purpose, and doesn't take anything I say about my characters as more than a joke, he does all this constantly and then is confused when I never want to talk about my projects with him. I actually stopped drawing outside of art class for a while because being homeschooled there was no one to talk about art with that actually cares about art. Sorry if that became a bit of a rant at the end, I didn't mean to write so much.

It's okay. My dad was an artist at one point and my mom doesn't know anything about the anime style so I'm lucky enough to avoid that, but I can definitely relate to the "I'm homeschooled so there's no one to talk about art with" thing

I don't draw or even watch much anime, but I was drawing a character and my dad came up and started talking about my anime style and I tried to tell him I was going more for the Disney style, but he insisted it was anime because anime characters have big eyes even if that was the only thing that could possibly look anime on the character I was drawing. He compares my art, assumes he's right about my style, pronounces character names wrong on purpose, and doesn't take anything I say about my characters as more than a joke, he does all this constantly and then is confused when I never want to talk about my projects with him. I actually stopped drawing outside of art class for a while because being homeschooled there was no one to talk about art with that actually cares about art. Sorry if that became a bit of a rant at the end, I didn't mean to write so much.

It's okay. My dad was an artist at one point and my mom doesn't know anything about the anime style so I'm lucky enough to avoid that, but I can definitely relate to the "I'm homeschooled so there's no one to talk about art with" thing

I just don't show my art to very many people, especially my family, so I don't have to deal with that very much. And if you really hate it that much just tell your dad about it. Tell him that it really annoys you when he does things like that.

I have said so in the past, especially once I told him I wanted to be an animator, and after that I just try to avoid talking about art with family. I just show don't show art to anyone who doesn't care about art now. I'm actually drawing a lot more now, well not drawing but sketching. I tend to just leave my work to be sketches if I don't do it digitally. I can't draw digitally for the life of me so I have to import a sketch into Krita and finish it there if I want the proportions to be right. I'm actually in the process of redrawing my characters but I can't do digital art until my new pen tips come. For some reason you can only get new nibs from the product site.

I can't do digital art either, but i want to get an iPad so I can practice on Procreate. Or photoshop on a Wacom tablet. One of the two.

I have to draw everything traditionally and then scan it. Sometimes I'll recolor it digitally on my dad's computer

I can do digital art, but for some reason my traditional art always comes out looking way better.

…I really should do more traditional stuff.

I have said so in the past, especially once I told him I wanted to be an animator, and after that I just try to avoid talking about art with family. I just show don't show art to anyone who doesn't care about art now. I'm actually drawing a lot more now, well not drawing but sketching. I tend to just leave my work to be sketches if I don't do it digitally. I can't draw digitally for the life of me so I have to import a sketch into Krita and finish it there if I want the proportions to be right. I'm actually in the process of redrawing my characters but I can't do digital art until my new pen tips come. For some reason you can only get new nibs from the product site.

What kind of tablet are you using? This might sound crazy but last year I was in the middle of a dragonfly picture and my last nib broke, so I took a spaghetti noodle, broke it, scraped at the end until it was smooth enough to be used on my tablet without scratching, and then used the noodle as a pen nib. It felt a bit odd and I had to use some duct tape to help it stay in, but it worked.

I do a lot of digital stuff. It started with recolors and stuff. I used to have a whole setup of picsart, superimpose, and phonto. Along with cropping apps so I could fit the picture into the Instagram sizes. Now I don’t do that anymore and I just use Procreate.

You used a noodle as a pen tip..? That is actually kinda genius.

I can't do digital art either, but I want to get an iPad so I can practice on Procreate. Or photoshop on a Wacom tablet. One of the two.

I've heard that Photoshop isn't really the best to start out with, so if you do get a tablet, try Krita or Autodesk Sketchbook. They're both free and professional quality, but they're way easier to learn.

I'm thinking of saving up for either a Wacom or Huion but I'm flip flopping on whether I want to do traditional or digital animation or a combination of the two, as well as whether I want to stick with Krita, but either way I'd want a screen one so I have an easier time drawing even if I don't animate digitally. In case you've never tried animating I can personally say it's hard to learn when you don't know which medium you want to stick with.

I can't do digital art either, but I want to get an iPad so I can practice on Procreate. Or photoshop on a Wacom tablet. One of the two.

I've heard that Photoshop isn't really the best to start out with, so if you do get a tablet, try Krita or Autodesk Sketchbook. They're both free and professional quality, but they're way easier to learn.

Photoshop is really hard to learn

I can't do digital art either, but I want to get an iPad so I can practice on Procreate. Or photoshop on a Wacom tablet. One of the two.

I've heard that Photoshop isn't really the best to start out with, so if you do get a tablet, try Krita or Autodesk Sketchbook. They're both free and professional quality, but they're way easier to learn.

Aight. Thanks for the tip! I actually have been wondering where to start so this helps. But I can't get a tablet for the next two years because my choir is most likely going to New York next year and I have to pay half of $1500 or more. Depends on what my parents decide is a fair compromise.

I have to draw everything traditionally and then scan it. Sometimes I'll recolor it digitally on my dad's computer

I'm in the opposite situation, I've gotten so used to digital art that I've forgotten how to sketch properly with a pencil and paper, so I usually sketch everything on my computer and then trace it onto paper if I wish to color it traditionally.

I have to draw everything traditionally and then scan it. Sometimes I'll recolor it digitally on my dad's computer

I'm in the opposite situation, I've gotten so used to digital art that I've forgotten how to sketch properly with a pencil and paper, so I usually sketch everything on my computer and then trace it onto paper if I wish to color it traditionally.

Oof. See, I think the biggest issue with digital drawing is that the surface you are drawing on gives no resistance when you move your pen. Your hand just kinda glides across the tablet and it makes it hard. Paper has ridges and it gives resistance and it has texture. Idk. That's just what makes drawing on a tablet hard for me. Traditional drawing is so much easier.
(And that reminds me! I get my new copic markers and my eraser pencils today! Hooray!)

I have said so in the past, especially once I told him I wanted to be an animator, and after that I just try to avoid talking about art with family. I just show don't show art to anyone who doesn't care about art now. I'm actually drawing a lot more now, well not drawing but sketching. I tend to just leave my work to be sketches if I don't do it digitally. I can't draw digitally for the life of me so I have to import a sketch into Krita and finish it there if I want the proportions to be right. I'm actually in the process of redrawing my characters but I can't do digital art until my new pen tips come. For some reason you can only get new nibs from the product site.

What kind of tablet are you using? This might sound crazy but last year I was in the middle of a dragonfly picture and my last nib broke, so I took a spaghetti noodle, broke it, scraped at the end until it was smooth enough to be used on my tablet without scratching, and then used the noodle as a pen nib. It felt a bit odd and I had to use some duct tape to help it stay in, but it worked.

I use a bamboo ink pen with a 2-in-1 Dell laptop. Even if you don't have an art program when you pair it it has it's own note system you can easily doodle in. I thought about using a noodle since I've hard of others doing it before but decided I didn't want to risk ruining my pen or scratching my screen.