Welcome to /loomis/ ! This board is intended for the discussion of a variety of artistic subjects, with an emphasis on illustration, painting and animation. If you're looking for books, video lectures and demonstrations on these subjects, please see the old /loomis/ resource hub archived at: https://bit.ly/3mW0abp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ed6UeDp1ek

WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN The rules are simple: Draw one thing based on the prompt each day. You don't have to use ink to participate, and the art doesn't have to be perfect either. Even quick sketches are fine. The goal is to encourage anons to practice consistently and share their art, however new to drawing they are. If you want, you can modify the challenge how you want to make it easier to participate, such as choosing a few prompts to really focus on. Additionally, please share this in the drawthreads of other boards and invite more drawfriends to join us. Finally, if you see this late / forget, feel free to join late. And if you're worried that you won't finish, starting is better than not starting at all. It's always nice to have people share their art, whatever their skill level is, so don't worry too much about it and just draw. Good luck, have fun, and please join!

Lil' Guys are creatures you'd find if you'd overturned a rock in your garden or a flower bed. They can take the shape of full sized animal equivalents or some kind of creature you made yourself, anything as long as they're low effort, high fun! Let's see your lil' guys, anon! edit: Lil' guys are NOT animals, they are cryptids! Thoughtforms! Credomorphs! (thanks, Molly: https://cityofthesun.cfw.me/comics/225/ )

Oekaki is BACK, bitches! You see this thread, right? Then stop whatever you're doing and draw something with it right now! Take your time or doodle something quick, it doesn't matter. Just have fun and draw something!

A thread for people of all skill levels to dump their works-in-progress and studies Old Thread: >>3 (Cross-thread) Resources: Northern Kentucky University Drawing Database - Marc Leone "the Basics" Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtd6uwNFl9k&list=PLMXbAPr21di-Ox-dmDwL2riWedei1dn9S[Embed] Ctrl+Paint.net Free Video Library https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/ Anatomical 3-D Models: https://pastebin.com/9VgmQQPk Random Figure Poses: New and Improved!

This thread is dedicated to sharing your own comics, panels or comic/manga related media. This is also a good place to receive comments on your writing, page flow, illustration techniques or style. Feel free to post inspirational material or links and media realated to comic and manga creation. Obviously useful discussions related to comic/manga creation are appreciated.

Join artists from all over the world in the Drawpile, the Premiere Cross-Board Collaborative Drawing Event. A 9500 x 9500 pixel shared canvas awaits! Drawpile Software: drawpile.net/download In-Software Session URL: drawfie.com Server is accessible 24/7 A growing amount of sporadic activity can be found throughout most weekdays, official meetup starts Sundays at 5pm CST. Hope to see you there! Be conscious of the canvas size and considerate of others with the size of your own drawings, read the room; let's try and get the most out of each theme! -2.2 Beta Users: Exercise caution when using the new brushes, until we can get the server updated your work could be altered after a cache reset -for high quality, raw .png canvas files, use the MEGA archive here: https://mega.nz/folder/hbAURDBB#htWRoOsPOG30XnMmKV_zNA or check out the Archive threads:

Just keeping a thread open for fantasy and historical artists for various military dress and fantasy equipment that I think is worth drawing. I can post stuff on request if necesary.

I want to focus on Traditional Painters as I find myself loving working with Acrylic paint, but if got any oil paintings, I would love to see those too. I am just curious if there is anyone that does that around here. :)

Krita remains the most versatile and overall best free drawing, painting and animation software I'm aware of. It is extremely competitive and even superior to many commercial software options. Find it at https://krita.org/en Newest Stable Release 4.4.8 (8/25/21) https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/ Krita 5.0 Beta! https://krita.org/en/item/second-beta-for-krita-5-0/

Learning to love again Use your post number or the Random Number Generator at https://www.random.org to roll a number between 1 and 999 to play! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQOlhv9fcY

Is there someone wants to donate this book so I can disassemble the spine and scan it? I used to have this book but it went missing when I move out from my old apartment to a smaller room. It already took up space before so a digital copy would be nice but for some reason, there's no ebook from the official publisher. I've been searching every nook of chans and normet socials and none of them have the scanned book so I guess I need to start it myself then. I'll give my contact if someone interested to participate in this because I have the access to an library archive scanner.

>What is the purpose of this thread? The point of this thread is to establish for people the foundations of what is required in order to become a great artist. The people this thread is best aimed at are those so-called "experts" wanting to get back to the basics, or newcomers wanting to know how to start their journey towards becoming an artist. >Does the "six steps" mean I will become a great artists within the week? No. The purpose of the "six steps" is to establish a foundation for all art and drawing. You're not going to become an expert overnight because drawing is a skill that you need to develop over time. However, it's pointless to constantly bang your head against a wall for hours on end because that will do nothing except burn yourself out and become frustrated. To put it one way, it's a better learning process to spend 10 days sketching for an hour than spend one day sketching for 10 hours. >So, how does the "six step" process work? All you do is spend 15-60 hours everyday, drawing each successive step of the process. That's it. >What happens if I miss a day You just continue on with the next day as if nothing every happened. Spending double the time is not going to make up for the day that you lost. >What if I just don't feel like doing it one day? If you don't "feel" like it, learn to work through it because what you're doing is building a habit. If you're still having a "hard time", just get out your supplies, and set them up as if you were going to still practice. If you're still not "feeling it", perhaps drawing isn't your thing and you need to find a new hobby. >How was this process developed? Referring to resources that other artists have recommended in regards actually learning how to draw. So, here we go...

Do you keep a backlog of things to draw? Are you waiting for your skill to catch up or do you just not have the time or motivation? Do you ever actually work through your ideas or is it still piling up? I have a txt that I keep everthing from random stuff I want to draw to full blown autistic webcomics. As of yet I'm not good enough for any of them. I wonder how many years it'll be until I git gud enough to make that flatland animaton with a cowtits carl sagan and a dfc.

Get ready for Inktober The challenge is to make one drawing each day based on the prompts in the image. Inktober is traditionally meant for practicing inking, but any from of art is welcome and encouraged. Some people do the daily challenge and aim for consistency, while others choose a specific set of prompts to focus on. If you do not like the prompts here and still want to participate, there are other lists you can follow instead. Regardless of what you do, the main goal is to encourage anons to practice. We are all trying to become better artists, so no matter where you are starting from, don't be shy to share your artwork. Also feel free to ask for feedback or constructive criticism. Good luck and have fun!