'>>6950655
Just a simple shore painting';

'Bump';

'>>6950655
>>6950667
ew wtf is this permabeg shit. it's all blurry';

'>>6950667
Very nice! I like how the plant looks like people dancing';

'Old OP here, thanks for bringing this back! I fucked up and forgot to bump the last thread. I really enjoyed the artwork people were posting so I was kinda bummed but wasn't sure if I should revive it. Out traveling rn but if there's anything I can do to help spruce up the thread pls lemme know!

Old thread >>6801693
There were lots of resources in there if anybody wants them, will probably compile a list when I return.';

'I love horses';

'>>6953137
Thanks for the threads! Don't worry, take your time
I think we should recommend some books later, I understand this is a slow thread since it's a bit niche topic around here. Hell, I'm here only because of a college project, but still it's pleasant to have something like this around.
Pic related';

'Here's a sloth, it moves at the same speed that people add art to the nature thread';

'anyone can share any guides on painting anymals?';

'bump';

'>>6955077
Ohh you're the storybook anon! Glad to see you're still around, I really enjoy your work.
As for the books, yes definitely! Hopefully once the holidays are done we can get a nice list compiled.

>>6956179
Very cute sloth, would nap with/10';

'>>6960931
Yes! It's done, it could've been more complete and colored but I was barely able to made it in time
It's a book about chilean native species w/ fairies, "Flower fairies" style';

'Bump';

'Bump!!!';

'birb bump';

'>>6950655
a sketch I did about a month ago, don't know if it fits the thread exactly though since I didn't use any references.';

'>>6965919
Fit the thread wonderfully, anon. Thanks for sharing, this is a really beautiful piece!';

'Tried impasto for the first time
https://files.catbox.moe/l7lpto.jpg';

'>>6966575
Incredibly based tradchad. Looks fun!';

'>>6966575
that looks very cool, I always stuck with digital and water color so I never tried it but it looks like you could make some really cool effects with it, especially when paired with a light strategically placed.
For example could give the impression of clouds in drawing horizontal lines, using just the color of the sky and the light shining on the paint ridges to create the illusion.
>>6966558
thank you, here's another one I did in the same period with the same setting.';

'>>6965919
>>6968288
Love these, very unique style.';

'>>6965919
>>6968288
these are really nice';

'What are your favorite nature artists?';

'>>6971291
Cicely Barker
Marya Sibylla Merian
Beatrix Potter
John James Audubon
Terryl Whitlatch
Sergio Toppi';

'>>6955077
Nature book anon here
I talked with some publishers and they liked my project and want to publish it. It's a small company and basically they recognized a hummingbird species endemic to their region and fell in love with it
So with some government funding, some tweaking here and there, 12 extra pages and I can finally publish my very own book

I think I will add more birds and butterflies since I think that's what readers like the most
Maybe some few mammals and a frog, just because';

'>>6973588
NATURE BOOK, RIC FLAIR, WOOOOO';

'>>6973588
aww that's wonderful to hear, anon! I'm glad your hard work is getting the appreciation it deserves, great stuff!';

'Bump';

'bumpp';

'>>6973588
Please, lad, tell me where I can follow you. I need to know when that beauty of a book will be published';

'turns out... little monkey fella';

'>>6982699
PLAY A RECORD!';

'Bump';

'>>6982699
would give banana/10';

'do durdles count as nature? His name is Mervin';

'>>6968288
Neat';

'>>6986251
Love a Mervin. Very nice forms';

'Chrimis BUMP!
Hope everybody is enjoying their holidays <3';

'Made a bird!';

'>>6992685
Very festive! Are these oil pastels?';

'>>6973588
congrats king, you made it!';

'>>6994195
Indeed they are, gallery oil pastels';

'bump';

'Krita digital painting.
Inspired by random wallpaper that appeared..';

'>>6997477
pretty! I love the textures on the bark.';

'new years BUMP';

'>>6981027
As of now, I only have my "other art" account
I want to make a new one for the book, because my art style differs a lot and I don't think Normies would like to see Suika Ibuki from Touhou series in a colorful cartoony style next to ink stuff';

'>>6999285
Thank you sir, I've only started doing digital, before this I only ever did pencil sketches';

'>>7003323
Oh, you're the witch anon! Your range is really amazing!

I'd also love to support the book if you ever decide to post it online, but for now I will enjoy the art~

>>7004169
>I've only started doing digital
Damn, even more impressive. keep up the great work!';

'>>6953137
beautiful, where is that?';

'>>6973588
Congrats, buddy! Share some more info on her if you can.';

'painted a luna moth thingy';

'>>6992685
i like your bird';

'>>6965919
>>6997477
Neato';

'>>7008511
And I like you friend!';

'I want to do more bgs this year, so I've been practicing using textures with blocky shapes. I think they look okay from a distance, but I'm thinking I should probably push these more so that they also look interesting up close too.

>>6956179
>>6965919
Love these!
>>6986251
And I love this guy.';

'tried out "bill berry marks" for fur and I really like the results';

'This count?';

'>>7010247
Love your patterning/textures. It looks fresh and cozy like a quilt.
>>7011309
Cute fox! Very meek, very adorable. Based charcoal (?) User
Would pet/10
>>7011311
Yes, very cool! Can't imagine how long this must've taken, it's trad too isn't it? Fantastic work.';

'>>7008508
Very nice watercoloring, it's so easy to mess up with yellow since it's so overpowering especially in the backgrounds, but you used just the right amount to make the rest of the piece really pop!';

'>>7011309
>bill berry marks
what are those? awesome drawings btw';

'>>7012845
yep it's charcoal, just started using it as I'm trying to do more trad work

>>7013345
thanks m8, Bill Berry was a goated wildlife artists out in alaska and he often used flicking lines around the contour to indicate fur. a nature journaling instructor named John Muir Laws put a name to the technique
>pic related
I highly recommend John's content if interested in learning to draw nature better, it's helped me a lot';

'>>7012845
>it's trad too isn't it? Fantastic work.

Yes. Gouache on paper. The most time-consuming bit was painting all that grass.';

'nature bump!';

'>>7008066
No clue, got it from here:

https://x.com/urbex_34/status/1138077063716282368?s=20';

'Bump';

'Old tree sketches from life';

'undefined';

'>>7019494
>>7019500
Very nice texturing! Those chihuahuas are also very cute';

'bomp';

'undefined';

'>>7022691
Based horse. You are improving nicely, anon!';

'>>7023869
Look at its horselet legs, it isn"t a horse, it's a pony.';

'>>7023891
Oh I see, well it's very nice pony nonetheless';

'mangrove bump';

'>>7023891
or a mongolian horse';

'>>7026943
> aw city mongolian';

'Bump';

'>>7027049
kek';

'Favorite nature artists?';

'bump';

'undefined';

'>>7011311';

'>>7036837
Nice colors, I really like the vacation horses. Would sip with/10
>>7037795
Damn, anon. You didn't just feel the form, you felt the atmosphere too';

'>>7040585

Atmosphere is the thing I care most about in my art. Everything else is secondary.';

'>>7036837
That's so cute! Who made this? Anon, come forward!';

'>>7037795';

'>>7044697
Nice mountains. Are these watercolor/goache? Your blending is really nice';

'>>7046591

You know it's funny. I was planning on painting this piece with gouache, but I was blocking everything in with marker and watercolor pencil, and I realized, it didn't need anything else.';

'>>6950655
I really cant figure out how to paint grassy environments like pic related (peder monsted)

What the fuck do you do to paint grass digitally? Do you just need to hyper rely on grass brushes? Can i do it with simple hard rounds like i do to paint everything else i draw?';

'>>7047746
Find a very high resolution pic and learn from the details of it. You posted a tiny pic, obviously it's going to look fantastic and untrainable like that.';

'pmub';

'>>7047746
Paint your impression of it.';

'Trying the northern lights with watercolor has been… yeah, probably not the medium for this. Anyway, here’s the best one so far';

'more horses';

'>>7052142
nice blending, I think your main problem is that the light its losing form. From refs it seems to have a bright "starting" point and tapers off upwards
>>7052669
Love the little hat, that is adorable anon.';

'undefined';

'>>7053340
winterly, nice and comfy, I like it';

'>>7053340
Pretty lighting!';

'>>6950655
has anyone tried to get into botanical illustration?
I'm a beginner and this is where I wanted to try and get good at over the years.';

'>>7055533
seconding this';

'>>7022691
I'm not from this board but I just wanted to say I really like that horsey picture, anon. Mainly the mood; cold snowy field, prints in the snow. Very strong.';

'>>7057692
>>7053336
>>7044267
>>7040585
Thanks, anons';

'boop';

'I guess this fits here, it's based on a photo of a Japanese rooster.
I've never done any sort of thing that's impressional, not used to suggesting something but I'm looking at references and I'll do my best with it.';

'>>7061307
Cute!
>>7063168
Looking really nice already anon';

'Bump';

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'>>7044697
I like the colors. So verdant!';

'>>7076129

Thank you!

Lately I've only been working in Black and White, and I'm starting to miss color...';

'bump';

'bump';

'>>7075768
Needs darker darks feels a bit washed out

>>7079866
Nice colors

>>7063168
great sense of depth from this one

>>7059027
>>7061307
>>7052669

horsegirl energy

>>7053340
feels a bit like thomas kinkade

>>7053336
good advice

>>7047746
with grass usually I just spam lines, making the closer blades darker and bigger and the farther ones more faded into the sky line color slightly';

'Boop';

'bu-';

'>>7086181
-mp';

'threads currently moving at 100 mph
le bump
>>7086190
<3';

'---Fairy book update---

I talked with my editor, we signed a contract and now the project is official
I won't be able to post more images tho, but it's cool!

He needs to cut some content and change the focus of the book a bit so it's more fitting with his catalogue, the market and people's interests';

'>>7088199
Congrats for making it official!!';

'>>7088199
Based storybook anon. Thanks for sharing what you did when you could. Cheers!';

'>>7089702
>>7092430
Thanks guys

Also, as I was talking to him and signing the contract, I was carrying my suitcase full of the unsold merch I sell at cons.

He was curious to see my personal work and loved my OCs, he asked me if they had backstory or something we could make into a comic.

It's nice to hear that from a professional, but also it's frustrating since I like drawing my OCs more than anything. Sure, this project is something I like doing too, but drawing for myself nurtures my soul and It's fun to design characters for the sake of it.

I always stepped aside from those projects since people on cons only want to buy fanart and teachers find anime/cartoons disgusting, so I tried with a more traditional approach for this project. Only to discover, what I like was viable all along.

But anyways, I wouldn't made it so far without the traditional approach so I guess it was the only way. And my contract expires in 5 years, so I can surely work with my OCs in the future.';

'Ice age sketches';

'>>6950655
Did a bunch of water studies this year, I will post all of the completed (mostly) ones, oldest to most recent.

Mountains are hard. I don't know if i should be taking on the mindset of grass (or water as I've learned my approach is similar), "I can't draw every single detail/blade of grass. With brush techniques (different brushes) I will achieve sexy mountain." or if I should be trying to draw as accurately as possible';

'>>7096103
(Me)';

'>>7096103
(Me) 3';

'>>7096103
(Me) 4';

'>>6968288
Damn I really like these. You can also see the influence from your experience with watercolor in your digital work.
The way you mix colors and those confident brushstrokes are really appealing. As someone who's mainly done drawing and digital painting I would like to see you push those shapes a little bit more maybe. Like the volume of the clouds, the reflections of the water, the separation between ground and the horrizon. But these are of course personal preferences.
Wish you the best of luck and hope you keep having fun with it.';

'>>7096103
Love the way you render the water on these';

'>>7093263
nice shapes anon';

'>>6950667
nice job representing the form of the waves';

'bomp';

'Bump';

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'bomp';

'bemp';

'soon';

'Bump';

'>>7034797
>>7025357
these are just photos
Why are you posting them here?';

'>>7118078
Bumping';

'>>7118078
It’s /nature/ general. I suppose those are refs.';

'bump';

'How do you ink clouds without making them look like ass?';

'>>6950655
I had this Commissioned about 6 months ago. What do you guys think?';

'>>7121899
looks comfy
Is the flame inside some kind of flask?
If not I think the white point upwards is a little bit too long';

'>>7121908
Yes the flame is in a flask. The artist Robbie Ward is very talented. If you want to check out his YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT3ghirfi2g';

'>>7121899
beautiful work!';

'bump';

'some clouds i made for my bro :)';

'>>6950667
S O V L';

'>>7124987
Why did you put sexual imagery in the clouds?';

'>>7126848
you can tell he draws porn';

'??? Bump';

'>>6950655
How do I into landscapes?';

'>>7129063
Take your easel and go outside.';

'>>7126848
my bad ill paint square clouds for now on';

'Bump';

'>>7129836
lol i painted square clouds a while ago';

'Study';

'>>7131478
I love the ocean...';

'Another ocean...';

'>>7124987
vulgar. at least furries are open with their smut and don’t hide it in clouds';

'>>7131408
very pretty!

>>7124987
I wish I could see the furries lol, very nice trad anon';

'Bump';

'Springtime mood. It’s a bamboo stem.';

'>>7135857
based bamboo enjoyer, like the texture here';

'>>7137795
Thanks! Here’s a calendula';

'bump';

'>>7138201
aww cute!';

'How does one get into drawing backgrounds/scenery?
Do I really have to learn hardcore perspective or would my "it looks good 'nuff" perspective knowledge suffice?
I wanna draw dilapidated mega architecture with overgrowth of all kinds.
Also, mechs. (but that's besides the point, I wanna work my way up to cyborgs first)';

'bump';

'bump';

'>>7144351
i also have the "looks good nuff" knowledge of perspective and i think my work on landscapes isn't that bad, but setting a character up in a 3 dimensional *room* still kicks my ass :)';

'undefined';

'well i hope these are considered nature hehe.';

'undefined';

'>>6950667
9.5 out of 10 would hang in my living room';

'>>7048512
>>7047746
https://files.catbox.moe/7ak7uj.Jpeg';

'>>7149392
What a beautiful sky!';