Really crappy MS Paint art

[takoyamaaaS]

...I have no words. I'm an overall bad artist. This is me trying to make "good" art of dogs and cats... (I lost hope after 2 pictures)

[TheCrazyDragonLady]

To be fair, your using a mouse on the computer. It still boggles my mind that people can do that without having to massage their hand after every 10 minutes. I tried it once on my old PC and my mouse was catching on the mouse pad I was using, so the drawing would look semi okay but there was jagged lines everywhere.  (I Also lost my patience after about 20 minutes so I just scribbled all over it 😂)

[bostonlobstah]

Get a tablet, it really helps.

[Katumai]

It's better than what I do

But you just need to keep practicing, trust me

it works

[Aether]

20 minutes ago, Bostonlobstah said:

Get a tablet, it really helps.

There are some as cheap as 30$ and some as expensive as 200$. the price, of course, depends on quality, but I had a trusty 100$ (which was the cheapest I could get) that lasted 3 years!!

[Basil]

Oh boy, when I had a computer I loved using the mouse in ms paint. Mostly because it scared people Mostly because I just enjoyed it... it helped with my hands a lot. Also I have a tablet, and my screen on my computer was touch, so I used those ways too!

Honestly just keep practicing. Draw just... something, anything at least once a day. I'd say mark your "One Drawing a Day" start, wait a year (yeah ik that's a long time) then come back to that same day a year later. YOU WILL SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS I SwEAR 

[Renio2490]

Practice.

I've been doing that for 3 years.

I used to never draw.

[Renio2490]

Also instead of MS paint, use a more quality drawing program.

here, MediBang Paint Pro | MediBang Paint

Trust me, the program works better than MS paint.

[takoyamaaaS]

Just now, Renio2490 said:

Also instead of MS paint, use a more quality drawing program.

here, MediBang Paint Pro | MediBang Paint

Trust me, the program works better than MS paint.

I can tell from the picture. ;~; wow, so many details

[Renio2490]

I use it with a mouse.

Don't be harmed from those pictures.

Be harmed by mine

Trusty Medibang Paint Pro here

[takoyamaaaS]

it kinda looks like a berry-

[takoyamaaaS]

And this kinda looks like an eye-

[Renio2490]

…..……………………………….

That's better than my piskel art

[Katumai]

That's better than all of my art

[Aether]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/XP-Pen-G430-OSU-Tablet-Ultrathin-Graphic-Tablet-4-x-3-inch-Digital-Tablet-Drawing-Pen-Tablet-for-osu/481936837

Here's a 30$ one at walmart... 

 

If you want one :/ thought I would mention it.

[georgie]

yall want art tips? well you're gosh darn getting aRT TIPS

1. this is the opposite of what people are saying but don't be in a rush to use another program than paint. if you look up "ms paint tricks" and watch a few of them you're set. I carried on using paint until I got "meh" levels of good at art and then got firealpaca, which I managed to figure out quite quickly. I tried going to medibang (there are awesome brushes for backgrounds! ) but it didn't have the animation thing and I couldn't be bothered to constantly switch between two programs so I went back to firealpaca, and I would recommend it too since it is basically ms paint but with all the things you wished ms paint had, and it also has a really nice transform tool (select something with the lasso and do ctrl + t) which helps with sketching! but also, you can become overwhelmed in firealpaca if youre a beginner, ive been there, adding so many layers with little edits and such you cant even see the art, and the limits of paint means that wont happen

2. refrences. I swear to god. when drawing something, look up as many refrences as possible. there are some poses that just dont make sense without one (example: try and draw a cat, standing, perfectly facing forwards with no refrence) and some little things that just help generally (if im drawing an animal I dont draw a lot, refrences (especially ones drawn by other artists and not photos (but also have some real life photos)) mean that it will look a lot better in general) like, the exact markings on a fox.

3. try a lot of stuff, I have like 10 art styles and counting the most used one is the pixelated, kinda simple one (all the nicheling fusions are done like this) second most used one is the lineless style (usually for more important things or something) my lineless style where I do a sketch and use the firealpaca pencil tool to then do the whole thing on one layer (usually for hollow knight art??) and my final style where I do lineart with the normal, aliased pen tool and do shading with like a watercolour brush or something (mostly from when I did art in medibang) and I love all of them, and my art would not be the same if I only did one

4. draw a lot?? sometimes when im with my friends I just draw something stupid theyre all talking about and ive done that for ages, it helped me be able to draw really quickly

5. this is a do as I say, not as I do thing but actually pay attention to where the light is coming from in a drawing, my one bad habit is putting shading wherever two things touch but that's just not how it works

6. if you want a tablet, get this £50 wacom one. I dont know what special desing it is or something but it exists and ive had it for a year and a half and it is amazing

 

[TheCrazyDragonLady]

A regular tablet works well for drawing as well. I have been using a Samsung tablet with a pen that has a stylus on the end of it. It works pretty well.

[Goggles-kun]

On 4/17/2019 at 1:23 AM, heyitsgeorgie said:

this is the opposite of what people are saying but don't be in a rush to use another program than paint.

I absolutely agree. I, myself, was an MS Paint artist up until 2017-2018? so I believe amateur artists should start up there. My art route looked like this:

Paper>MS Paint>FireAlpaca (ableit, I was very shitty on there,)>Procreate

I believe good artists can start out on “slightly less advanced” art programs, but as Georgie said, do not immediately rush to art programs that are for artists that have been drawing for years. If you’ve only been drawing for ten minutes, don’t immediately say “WOW ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PRO!!!”

And, my own personal tip: doodling on paper is good for you if you want to improve your skill. You cannot believe how many math tests I have that have little dogs doodled on the side. It enables you to draw things quicker.

[georgie]

2 minutes ago, Goggles-kun said:

I absolutely agree. I, myself, was an MS Paint artist up until 2017-2018? so I believe amateur artists should start up there. My art route looked like this:

Paper>MS Paint>FireAlpaca (ableit, I was very shitty on there,)>Procreate

I believe good artists can start out on “slightly less advanced” art programs, but as Georgie said, do not immediately rush to art programs that are for artists that have been drawing for years. If you’ve only been drawing for ten minutes, don’t immediately say “WOW ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PRO!!!”

And, my own personal tip: doodling on paper is good for you if you want to improve your skill. You cannot believe how many math tests I have that have little dogs doodled on the side. It enables you to draw things quicker.

wow someone agrees with me,,

also I remember doing my crappy cat drawings on firealpaca about a year ago and my dad walks in like "UsE pHoToShOp!!11!!1" because that's what he uses.. he's a professional graphic designer. I was an 11 year old who just wanted the cats to look like cats and for the eyes to be roughly symmetrical. he insisted, and went through all the trouble to get his licence on my computer and what do you know! I had no idea what I was doing and I hated every minute of it, no matter how much he tried to explain. my brother also hates me for using firealpaca, but he says "JuSt UsE sAi!! and I respond with "tell me one thing that you think only sai can do" and ill immediately do the thing he said (FAR easier because firealpaca is a blessing) and smugly look at him. I know trying other programs is important to see what you like, and I have tried sai, but its just.. firealpaca without a) antialiased lines (which I ALWAYS use), b) gradients (I think.. there might be somewhere) and c) all the dumb brushes you can use in the background to look cool, such as star, leaf, thorn, flower and the classic, firealpaca (its literally the logo repeated as a brush) and all of these have multiple versions and are easily customisable. also krita just doesn't work I hate it.

I have been getting more into traditional art too (especially since I got a free sketchbook and actual good art supplies on a school trip)

 

(wow I just rambled for no reason)

[Goggles-kun]

10 minutes ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

I have been getting more into traditional art too

Traditional art is great for rough sketches. Sometimes I grab a pencil and an eraser, a sketchbook, and plop out in the living room just to do random things. Or pen, that’s also good too.

Ex;

[Broken]

2 hours ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

wow someone agrees with me,,

also I remember doing my crappy cat drawings on firealpaca about a year ago and my dad walks in like "UsE pHoToShOp!!11!!1" because that's what he uses.. he's a professional graphic designer. I was an 11 year old who just wanted the cats to look like cats and for the eyes to be roughly symmetrical. he insisted, and went through all the trouble to get his licence on my computer and what do you know! I had no idea what I was doing and I hated every minute of it, no matter how much he tried to explain. my brother also hates me for using firealpaca, but he says "JuSt UsE sAi!! and I respond with "tell me one thing that you think only sai can do" and ill immediately do the thing he said (FAR easier because firealpaca is a blessing) and smugly look at him. I know trying other programs is important to see what you like, and I have tried sai, but its just.. firealpaca without a) antialiased lines (which I ALWAYS use), b) gradients (I think.. there might be somewhere) and c) all the dumb brushes you can use in the background to look cool, such as star, leaf, thorn, flower and the classic, firealpaca (its literally the logo repeated as a brush) and all of these have multiple versions and are easily customisable. also krita just doesn't work I hate it.

I have been getting more into traditional art too (especially since I got a free sketchbook and actual good art supplies on a school trip)

 

(wow I just rambled for no reason)

I've actually only ever used Paint Tool Sai, so Firealpaca is harder for me now...

[takoyamaaaS]

21 hours ago, Goggles-kun said:

You cannot believe how many math tests I have that have little dogs doodled on the side

You can't either. Every single page of school has at least 2 small doodles of any of the following: dogs, cats, nichelings, horses, reindeer. ;~;

[Lilytuft]

I use MSpaint (with mouse and laptop trackpad) and Gimp (with mouse)

Practise helps.

[Aether]

19 minutes ago, Lilytuft said:

I use MSpaint (with mouse and laptop trackpad) and Gimp (with mouse)

Practise helps.

DUEGUSN MAH RAVENBABY (I’m not sure if that is raven paw but that looks too much like him...

[Lilytuft]

Just now, Aetherskye said:

DUEGUSN MAH RAVENBABY (I’m not sure if that is raven paw but that looks too much like him...

Heather Shadow (a friend's OC)