Art Beta

Tricorner hats - a tutorial!

glockgal — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:06:19 GMT

Great little tutorial here on how to draw tricorner hats from all different angles. Not that I've had to draw thousands in the past; but when I DO suddenly find myself faced with drawing one, it generally ends up being "ZOMG WHAT IS THIS HOW DO I EVEN"

HOW TO: Tricorner hats!!

Reminder

mieronna — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:07:55 GMT

If you are interested in joining artbeta, please make sure to fill out the joining request form HERE, as well as joining the community. If you try to join without having filled out and commented with the request form, your membership will be rejected.

If you have any questions, please read over our FAQ or email us at lj.artbeta@gmail.com

ArtBeta FAQ

glockgal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:54 GMT

Hello! Welcome to the Art Beta community. This is for all fanartists from all fandoms looking for someone to beta your artwork. Post your work in progress here, and we'll all give it a good look and try to help you out!

Art Beta FAQ
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About
What is 'artbeta'?
What does 'beta' mean?
What is a work in progress (WIP)? What is finished art?

Joining
What are the requirements for joining 'artbeta'?
What kind of 'artist' do you mean?
What kind of art can I post here?
What else can I post here?
How do I join 'artbeta'?

Posting
HOW DO I POST MY WIP ART TO ARTBETA?
I'm sensitive about my art, is this the place for me?
Can I just lurk and learn?
I'm in a secret exchange fest for my fandom - I need to keep anonymous but I want my art beta'd! What do I do?

Contact
Who are the Moderators?
So how do I contact you?
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What is artbeta?
This community was created to have artists help artists. Artists beta artworks in progress for other artists to help them with problem areas, improving technique, giving advice and so forth.

What does 'beta' mean?
definition adapted from Loony-archivist.
The term "Beta Reader" originated in computer software. "Beta Testers" and "Beta Readers" reviewed software before its release, to check for bugs, critique ease of use, and basically test it to make sure it worked. Online fan fiction adopted the term several years ago to refer to volunteering copy and content editors who preview a story and provide critical and constructive feedback to help the author whip a story into shape before it is published online.

We at artbeta have decided that artists sometimes also need betas for their works in progress. If you:

want to offer artistic advice/ideas/suggestions/tutorials
have work in progress art that needs to be beta'd
both!

--then this is the place for you! The more participation you provide, the better this comm will be!

What is a work in progress (WIP)? What is finished art?
A WIP is art that the artist intends on working on to get it to a point of satisfaction. A finished work of art is a piece that the artist has no intention of fixing/changing; in other words, it is done.

What are the requirements for joining artbeta?
1) You must be over 16-years old. This journal may have adult content.
2) You must be an artist. While we appreciate that non-artists can provide great critique, we would prefer that this particular area of the art process be strictly artists-only.

What kind of 'artist' do you mean?
artbeta is a community designed for artists who draw by hand (aka illustrated) - digital or tradtional. Unfortunately, we cannot provide beta services for graphics, photomanips, photography, 3D models or vidding.

What kind of art can I post here?

Any art that is hand-drawn is accepted. We may make exceptions for other fine art, such as sculpting.
Art MUST be a work in progress. Please do not post published/completed art.
Multifandom art! Post art from any fandom.
Original art! It doesn't have to be fandom-based.

artbeta is a slash, gen and het friendly community.
artbeta welcomes LGBT and PoC artwork and artists.

What else can I post here?
General art questions, tutorials, guides - anything to do with improving art is welcome.

How do I join artbeta?
Fill out your request form HERE, then click on the Userinfo page to join the comm. This comm is moderated invitations so we can art- and age- verify first.

HOW DO I POST MY WIP ART TO ARTBETA?
Please copy and paste this when posting your WIP:

When asking fellow artists to beta your work, feel free to specify what exactly you need help with. However, if you really have no idea what's wrong but it just feels wrong, you don't have to say anything more than that.

I'm sensitive about my art, is this the place for me?
We understand that your art is very personal. This community is for constructive, helpful critique on all aspects of art: technique, perspective, colour, anatomy, composition and more. Critique is done by your artistic peers. If you don't do well under constructive critique, this is not the place for you.

Can I just lurk and learn?
You don't need to respond to every post, but some degree of participation is good. Remember: we are ALL artists who want to learn and improve. This community is specifically designed for interaction with other artists - post your art, beta others art, or do both.

I'm in a secret exchange fest for my fandom - I need to keep anonymous but I want my art beta'd! What do I do?
No worries! DO NOT post the artwork. Simple explain your situation and ask for beta volunteer email contacts. Make sure to let people know as much information as possible - the fandom (if possible), the areas you need help in, etc.

Who are the Moderators?
Your friendly moderators are mieronna and glockgal. If you have questions about artbeta, please do not contact at our personal emails!

So how do I contact you?
If you have questions or comments, or if you want to know if you can post some art, or anything please contact us at: lj.artbeta@gmail.com.

all-new, kinda-different ArtBeta!

glockgal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:37 GMT

Hello artbeta members!

Our dearly loved mod fiendling has passed the Modly reins to new management: mieronna and glockgal! We are the new Mods for artbeta, and as such, we've made a few changes. Here's the rundown:

All previous members are still members!
By now you might have seen our new joining request form. If you are already a member of artbeta, you DO NOT need to fill it our again.

New FAQ!
Read it in all its glory HERE as a post if you have questions. We even have posting guidelines; but us being a group of artists, we're not exactly sticklers. :D

More art!
We've opened the community up not just to all fandoms, but also to original art!

New tagging system!
Still in the works, but if you take a look at our preliminary tags, you'll get an idea of how we'd like your posts to be tagged. Some examples:

beta: anatomy
beta: color
beta: composition
beta: linework
beta: perspectives
media: pencil
media: digital
question
tutorial

New email!
Please forward all questions to: lj.artbeta@gmail.com

Happy art-making!

Welcome! How to Join artbeta.

glockgal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:59 GMT

Welcome, fellow artists!

What is artbeta? Here is our FAQ.
In short, if you are an artist, you may post your works in progress here to be beta'd by peers! The community is closed and friends locked to make sure the works of art aren't spoiled to the masses. Only artists may join and must be 16 years or older.

HOW TO JOIN
1) Please comment on this post with the following information:

2) Go to the Userinfo and join the community to be added to the moderation queue.
3) The Mods will verify and approve your request.

We ask for a link to your art because:
1)You must be an artist to join artbeta. We will verify.
2)You must have a place where you can upload art.

Send questions, comments, or suggestions to your friendly, helpful mods at lj.artbeta@gmail.com.

Need anatomy help!

mousewrites — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:23:21 GMT

Hey, there.

Ok, so I'm about 2 hours into this John/Rodney painting, and I know the anatomy is off in Rodney's face and John's hands (which are shapeless blobs right now. His left is suposed to be resting on his hip, and his right just barely cupping Rodney's face).

Anybody out there with a happy red pen want to scribble on this?

Cut for nudity, though no genitals or anything.

[ETA the half way decently sized one. :P]

mousewrites — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:26:21 GMT

Characters: Unspecified
Rating: pg, I suppose
Medium: Wacom Tablet & Photoshop painting from ref. picture
Link or LJ-Cut:

Problem areas: Hair, (not the arm hair; that's not done and is baaaaad right now) anatomy, drama?

This is the first piece I've done since I was told I don't have carpel tunnel, so I'm a bit rusty. On the other hand, maybe I've shaken some bad habits?

thanks,
mouse

[ETA: proper formating. D'oh!]