i love drawing/painting and in my opinion got to a point where i really improved and felt proud of my skills. life happened, hobbies fell off, however im getting back into painting cause i just had the urge to. the last time i painted was almost 10 years ago though so you can image my skills are back to basically none. i started a project but have been struggling to get it look similar to the reference picture. i am aware no one can teach me through a comment and i just have to practice a lot more to get better again but does anyone have any advice or good videos they can link for something you are noticing me doing bad/wrong and that might help? thank you!

hello kitty image likely from the early 2000s
is it done with airbrushing?

I'm not really an artist, but I've recently been practicing identifying fungi & making spore prints with mushroom caps. Originally I was using paper but fresh caps hold a good amount of moisture so I've switched to microscope slides & picture frame glass for some of the larger caps. I'd really like to preserve my most recent print with black construction paper behind it (the spores are white) but I don't want to smear the spores when I'm setting the back of the frame inside. Other mycologists recommend fixative spray (or hairspray) when using paper, but will this also work to hold it in place on glass?

If not, can you recommend a type of paper or canvas that won't wrinkle or show water spots once the spore prints dry?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Hello, I've been doing graphic design on the side of my day job for a few years now for a few extra quid (mostly for bands and local events). I've been using Adobe Illustrator so far but I don't like how Adobe seems to be trying to push AI more and more in their products. Is there any other programme that can create graphics to the same level that isn't pushing AI? I don't mind at all paying for it of course but open to anything at this stage. Some of the posters I've made have been printed on A2 so I'd need it to be able to able to get that kind of resolution.

Hello! I’m curious if anyone here has learned to draw as an adult. I’m 26 and I cannot draw to save my life. I use to dabble when I was a kid but it’s obviously been a very very long time. I really want to learn to draw in that comic superheroy style so to speak but I have no idea where to start. Any advice?

I found 8 of these small things in a bag stapled to the back of the frame of my new canvas and I have no idea what they are or what they do (measurements: 2cm x 0.5cm x 5.8cm)

Subconsciously.

And I feel like I can’t “unlock” myself creatively until I break away from this mindset; I should be making art for me (?) but instead I’m trying to please/impress a stranger.

I’m wondering if anyone else to relates to this issue, and if they were able to conquer it.

So, I saw a post on a different sub a while back complaining about people thinking commissions were the only option for monetizing their art, and I guess I'm just wondering what else is there?

Obviously there's illustration, and selling prints or paintings and whatnot, but is there another way outside of those?

I plan to sell Prints (A4) , Acrylic Keychains , Acrylic standees, pins , n various odd items that are on vograce (like keycaps, plushie stuff , tapestries, body pillows, etc)
But idk how to go about pricing stuff , I usually see prints for 10-25 but idk if my arts good enough to be above 10? Literally any advice would be appreciated 😭
I was also thinking (once I finish’s them ofc) actually printing my manga into physical copies. For one of them I was gonna do a bundle with 2 manga’s (granted short ones) 3 stickers , a keychain and possibly an acrylic stand. But I’m unsure if it would be too pricey to sell? Usually I’m good at pricing stuff but I see so much variation of it in the artist alley idk what to do😭 ty for reading this:>

Whether it's because it's difficult, easy, you love/hate the way it looks or anything else.

I'll go first. I love spray painting, despite being awful at it. The sound of the can hissing is satisfying, and I love the smell of it (And yes, I know I shouldn't inhale it). I also love making sculptures from trash. The bright colors and mismatched textures are just fun to play with.

I hate working with paint. I've never been patient enough to wait for it to dry, and no matter how long I spend working on it I can never get it right.

So I’ve recently wanted to start drawing my own bestiary, the first 2 images are some pages I put together / how I would lay it out. I’d love any advice you guys have on techniques or how I should go about laying something like this out👍

Been trying to learn new ways of drawing and designing. Someone suggested a different method of sketching and I struggled with it before eventually making it work.

I also wanted to experiment with hatching to see how it would look and idk how I feel about it.

Lend me your ears. (Or eyes? Or fingers to type?)

Btw the character is for a DND oneshot. She’s a warforged gunslinger. Her name is Jolene.

What do you think?. Everything is handmade. Inside the fluid art and the texture and glued every pearl down. I will be adding floating frames and also will be doing a gloss sealer. I just started this type of art about a month ago and still learning

This post is a continuation to the answers received by moderator u/Kubaj_CZ first thank you so much for the fast responses. The draw that I posted yesterday is a new experience I did and exitet me. In this post I want to share some of my latest drawings and would like to become a advice/s for my weak points that are common in the drawings. So mistakes that I made over and over again want to correct them Thank you Tom

hello! i really love this style of painting and also love this texture of the canvas or paper. does anyone know what type of canvas or paper this might be? also if this is acrylic or oil pastel or some kind of mixed media? thank you in advance!

Not sure whether this is the correct place to ask but it's quite niche so I'm not sure there is a right place? (If I'm wrong feel free to point me in the right direction).

I volunteered at an art gallery over a decade ago, they were clearing out a lot of old books/magazines and many were given to me.

I've had them sitting around for a while, I was about to get my scalpel and cut bits out of them and make collages/framed cutouts of front covers.

Then it hit me, are these worth anything? Will I regret destroying what are basically antique books/media?

I've had a look at Abe Books and some are being sold for around £70. But I don't know if there's much of a market for these things and don't really know if they're in good enough condition to be worth it?

As artists, would you preserve these pieces of history, or....make new art from them?

Hello! I am a beginner digital artist that has been using procreate for 2 years. I can draw the loomis method (with practice) and the lines but then I don’t know how to turn that into a full sketch. Like how to go from the loomis head into a full drawing. Do I start with eyes? Mouth? I know I need to practice drawing those too. But once I have them how do I apply that to the loomis head in order to make a full sketch? How do i know where to even begin?

I’d show you pictures but I deleted my artwork. I usually do when I hate how it turns out. I want to get into drawing my own OCs and I also want to finally find my art style but I’m not sure how to bridge that gap between loomis method and sketch. That's kind of why I haven't been drawing full sketches lately because I get frustrated when I cannot bridge that gap.

Any advice helps!

EDIT: Check the comments for a video

Been trying to get good and try new things so if there’s any critiques, say it now.

Also, I don’t think I should hatch anymore. My fingies hurt :(

I’ll post some of my art; I’m not super confident but just want to see if what I make is good enough.

I do digital art via computer and drawing pad, I’ve been doing art since middle school (9 years ago) but haven’t been keeping up with it for a while. This past year I’ve been making more stuff. I’m a full time student and I just think it would be nice to have a few extra bucks to spend if possible.

I mainly do headshots as of right now, but I do have a few that art body shots I’ll include.
I hope to target anime (?) fans since I can’t do realistic. I can also do simpler characters or creatures as well.

Feedback is much appreciated!

Hiii to anyone reading this!! i just wanted to hear your personal struggles on art cuz it would really help me expand my knowledge about it...and pretty curious too since we need it for research...

i always been bad with backgrounds and honestly i hate how it turned out so far, its bland and it doesnt look like anything, and i dont know WHAT she supposed to be sitting on but it looks plane and flat and honestly the lack of anything interesting going on behind the characters kind of ruin this one for me

I did this drawing of Ella Langley about a month ago, and even though I do like how it turned out, I still want to do one that looks more realistic. What can I do to reach that goal?

I do the Loomis Method to the best of my understanding, and I've been reading through tips online, but I still am not fully grasping it.

Also, what can I do to improve the shading?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

So I used to draw with my fingers on my phone for a few years but yesterday I just bought myself a tab yesterday but I literally can't hold the stylus properly, like I can't even draw a straight line with it.

I was wondering how many hours of practice it'll take and how many days or weeks to get used to it?

If anybody went through a similar experience :3

In my city, the subway advertisements are made of thick pressed paper, which is nice to draw and paint on. I’ve used it for practicing large composition, mostly with coal, but I’ve also used acrylic spray paint as a primer and painted some with oil or acrylic

The oldest charcoal drawings (maybe 10 years old or so) have yellowed a lot through the years. The ones primed with spray paint and painted with oil or acrylic haven’t yellowed to the point of noticeable changes, but the oldest of those is maybe 6 years old.

I was taught art by my grandmother who would have been well over 100 if she was still with us, so the materials she worked with were very different, and I am new to the concept of archival quality- but my whole family as well as friends, strangers and my partner are all really encouraging me to start selling my art, instead of just keeping piles and piles of paintings sitting around.

And I’ve understood that if someone buys a painting, “my method seems to last for at least 5 years” isn’t what they’re looking for.

I really want to use advertising cardboard as I’ve grown to love the smooth surface, the lightweight feel, and the feeling of participating in a story (for example, I did a series of portraits of the worlds strongest female weight lifters who are all very large women, on the back of the ozempic ads because I felt inspired)

As well, the amounts of this material the city wastes every month on replacing the ads and throwing away the old ones is completely staggering. That process in itself inspires me to never stop painting/drawing.

So my question is, how can I understand how this concept of archival works when it comes to paper? Is gesso good enough of a primer if a few layers are added?

Should I paint dynamically with the yellowing in mind?