Let's Draw Lain!

I was thinking about it for a good bit, and then I looked in the catalog and was surprised it wasn't there already. How about we all try and draw Lain? I'll start with something I made in Math class.

I don't know why, but I get worse and worse at drawing every day. One would expect that it will be the other way around.

>>3480 Keep at it Anon! Sometimes you fail to consistently produce things to quality you have achieve before, but it's all about commitment. My anime art only a few months ago was really bad in comparison before I could get the stuff on the right more consistently.

Either I can never draw well enough for stuff to show up clearly or my camera is soykaf

>>3485 It may have to do with the balance of the black/white levels. This can be easily adjusted in GIMP. I would also recommend picking up a cheap scanner for around ten dollars at a local thrift store.

digital cause im lazy and forgot last time i held a real pen for a drawing. >>3485 Just put it in krita/gimp/... and hit auto contrast makes it instantly more visibly and takes only 3 clicks.

>>3485 wanted to make it visible with color curve, got accidentally more than i bargained for, still kinda cool

>>3488 eyy thanks

>>3487 couldn't leave it

>>3553 Lovely lain, really great work. >>3551 Like that too. Also i like weed so thumbs up to op. Still havent finished mine, i rarely draw.

I think I figured it out.

**Hello from Russia!** Is this counts?

>>3589 This is the coolest thing I've seen in so long

>>3589 wow very nice

>>3589 Here is the original image, manually vectorized SVG and also ILDA files so you can draw it on lasershow device if you have any (i have only USSR oscilloscope unfortunately) ILDA - https://files.catbox.moe/2krwkp.zip (though you can make it from svg using zoofpack or similar software)

>>3589 >>3594 So how are you feeding it into the oscilloscope exactly? Almost looks like a raster on that 'scope. Seems to have some pixel stairstepping.

>>3595 I use ft2232 chip in async bitbang mode, three 74HC595 shift registers for two (X and Y) self-made 8 bit R2R DACs and Z input of oscilloscope for beam brightness control (just on/off for now). I also tried arduinos with 328p and 32u4 controller and ESP32 dev board but all of these does not provide enought data throughput to draw as many dots on scope without flickering. For lasershows i think it would be enough because of more pronounced persistence of vision effect and galvos inertance, oscilloscope beam has almost no inertance in comparison, so we need more dots. Image is not raster, it's looks pixelated due to low resolution of DACs, for now i can get only 256x256 images, but i plan to increase resolution to 10-12 bits (or maybe to 16, but i read that it is impossible to do with R2R at home). I will post schematic and code at github later if you are interested. Of course it would be absolutely amazing have some special fully analog curcuit drawing Lain on scope, but i'm a programmer, not electronic engineer =) And sorry for probably bad english, it's not my native.

>>3596 Actually your English is amazing, especially considering you're explaining some highly technical subjects. This is super cool. Love that it's a setup for controlling laser galvos but you can just schlep it right into an oscilloscope and it still works this well. The Z input must explain why it's so darn clean compared to oscilloscope vector images I've seen created a computer's sound card, for example. There's always overshoot and a traceback on that because it's not really designed for such a thing, but a sound card can do in a pinch. I've been checking out some "oscilloscope music" lately, and many of them require modifying the sound card in some way to make more complex patterns. The fact that it's quick and precise enough to make stair-stepping due to the DAC resolution is impressive in its own right. Guess that's kind of what you mean by the galvo inertia; steering a mirror would tend to smooth that out versus a nearly weightless electron beam. It's really one of the most crisp images I've seen on an oscilloscope using improvised hardware. Great work. Yeah, I'd love to check out the schematic and code if you have time to upload it, thanks for the consideration. You really kick ass. I kind of want to load up Lain on my old monochrome green phosphor terminal monitor now and take a photo. Not nearly as technically impressive, but I can join in in some capacity :)

>>3600 Just open svg file in your browser or download Inkscape, it's free.

>>3601 Not gonna run on this particular hardware lmao

>>3589 Beautiful. The best word I could use to describe it.

>>3597 > Yeah, I'd love to check out the schematic and code if you have time to upload it, thanks for the consideration. https://github.com/wwwMADwww/FT2232ImageOutput

>>3589 >>3594 amazing

>>4408 Thanks. I have improved setup and "drew" some more. But still can't catch natural color of the beam on camera because of too warm and dim room lighting. Why this thread died...

>>4594 >Why this thread died... You inadvertently /thread with that setup haha I know what the color is like IRL so I can imagine.

>>3589 Nice. Thanks for sharing this.

Asked my wife if she can draw me a Lain, was not disappointed with the result. Decided to frame it.

>>4952 Beautiful! please don't forget hair clip next time =)

I've been drawing for a few hours every day since mid-January. This took over three hours and I don't think I've improved at all since I started. Every time I draw something looks off and I can never pinpoint it. I don't enjoy drawing at all, yet I still do it.

>>5081 Are you me?

>>5081 Do you use any sort of reference when drawing? If you can't naturally draw realistically, then you might as well 'cheat' so you at least feel less miserable while doing it lol

>>5085 I like to think that I'm half decent when it comes to copying things by eye (in that I can produce things that are visually appealing, at least to me), but when it comes to doing things that aren't just copies everything falls apart. I try to apply what I've learned (I try to do a sort of reverse-construction when copying), but it just ends up looking like that. Drawing things like that and it slowly becoming less soykaf over time by doing it more is the only way I'm going to get any better, but it isn't enjoyable at all. Of all the hobbies I've picked up, drawing is by far the most time consuming, the least enjoyable, and the one I have made the least progress with.

>>5088 I have exactly the same experience tbqh.

Here's my half-assed attempt.

sketchy sketchy

>>3490 >start menu icon

>>3477 >5 billion minutes in paint

>>5156 I think this shows your talent if a real sketch.

>>5156 Yeah this looks really nice.

>>5081 >>5088 >>5108 >>5085 Aphantasia related mental deficiency. If you can't draw well you can't visualize. The powers that be don't consider aphantasia to be a spectrum but in truth all mental ailments are on a spectrum. Also they don't consider it a deficiency because it doesn't keep you from digging a ditch to not be able to visualize things properly, but of course it is an ailment. If you cannot visualize then you are a lack luster specimen with less potential than those around you. No intuition going into the abstract shapes of your mind then how can you construct things originally with such a genetic structure? Da Vinci made not just drawings but machines. He's a top specimen. Most humans are deficient. I'm a lesser specimen too as I drew the ms-pain lain of which on the bright side only took five-ten minutes. On the bad it's basic as hell and flat. My abstract puzzle solving capabilities are very two dimensional as a result of drawing flat pictures. Probably related to black and white thinking. I should use my actual drawing utensils to make a Lain and take a picture of it. I feel bad that the sleep bubble doens't reach my Lain's nose. One of these years I should use my neet allowance (yearly 50-200 usd) to buy a graphics tablet drawing pad thing. I used one before and it wasn't so bad. >>4970 In cyberpunk you can't see the spoiler and that scared me accidentally hovering the cursor over it. >>4952 >finding emoji meme funny >has wife ew >>3551 >>3546 She looks angry and butch. >>3543 >an attempt was made >>3541 Was this done in charcoal? >>3553 I'd have made the dimensions bigger. >>3488 pretty effect

>>5172 >Aphantasia related mental deficiency. That seems like a huge assumption to make, lainon, especially when I've only been drawing seriously for two months and still can't draw circles in a reasonable time. I can visualise things in my head very well, and I have an almost photographic memory for certain things, but I'm not nearly skilled enough with draftsmanship (because I'm still new to it) to put those visualisations on paper (and I suspect that it could be dyspraxia related). At the moment art is a learning process for me, so I've also put a large focus on making sure I'm not symbol drawing, and instead doing things like construction (usually to poor results). That necessitates a lot of time.

<-- This is what kinda happens when you abandon drawing for >8 months and can't even remember what your art style was before (have none of my old drawings, used to delete them few days after finishing). My hands were shaking at first but I managed to sketch some Lain, hope you enjoy >>3555 Love this Lain and all the variations of that pic you posted. >>3589 я в восторге

Something looks a little off about her.

>>5315 It's the shape of her head, Lain. People don't have egg-shaped heads. Pay more attention to your references!

I guess I tried

>>5220 >>5345 These look like a crossover between Lain and Motoko from GiTS, could be because of the chin. Either way I like it.

>>5345 FtM Lain

>>5395 Menopause Lain

>>5395 She looks like a frog

>>5395 cute

I tried

>>5432 also cute

Not a drawing but I made it and want to share.

i sculpted Lain.

>>5695 based

>>5695 wow this is great stuff, is it hard to do?

>>5695 Whoa. Are you gonna paint it?

>>5695 Looks nice....unusually short legs aside

>>5695 Sweet idea, i think one day i will try this too. >>5680 Its still pretty nice.

>>5395 What if Sad Pepe and Sad Lain have a daughter...

>>5725 TOO CUTEEE

i just drew lain, and i've been looking for a place to post it. it turned out decent i guess

This took about 5 hours to make in MS Paint. I drew her based on a screenshot taken from layer 3. The colours I used were also drawn from that screenshot It was my first time drawing since I was a toddler

>>5770 looks nice

>>5770 If it really is your first time basically ever, then i think you have some untapped potential :)

>>5770 Hey youre bretty good

>>5770 Nice my Lainon.

>>5771 >>5772 >>5782 >>5783 Thanks a bunch for the kind comments Lainons, it was indeed my first time. This one took me around 15 hours, split in 3ish sessions. I think the proportions on her hoodie are fuarrrked but the rest seemed fine to me. what should I do to get better at this? I enjoy it a bunch but im unsure where to start

>>5786 Other than just putting the time in you could get a book on fundamentals of drawing

superior specimen coming through

>>5786 Draw whatever you like. Go outside, draw that. Or draw porn.

>>6008 >draw porn THIS. We need moar pron on the internets. Especially baby-play dirty diapers furry pron. And some soykaftin dick nipples to. We need moar of these.

>>5786 There's not much to overthink just put the time in, draw some everyday, and play around with what you do. Helps to keep it interesting and closer to the front of your mind so you stick with it.

>>6008 I think i'll stick to drawing portraits of Lain on Paint for the time being. shading the background is impossible so I just used a single color, around 10 hours of work this time, done in 3 sittings. Lain is so cute I love her so much

>>6028 Thats a pretty good image, though not very original to be honest it would come out real nice if you experiment with art imo.

My attempt.

Mega Lain! Fight for cybersecurity! (And everlasting peace!)

Just started drawing again, I'm really hoping on improving and putting work into it.

>>5081 >>5088 you have the right attitude lainon, drawing can be very frustrating especially in the beginning, but perseverance pays off also not an expert but i have some advice that might help since you are drawing digitally you can take a look at your brush settings, like the smoothing setup or lower the opacity of the brush and use more layers, engage with the program's tools, like also if some of the proportions seem of you can use distort tool or perspective tool. other response is also very true, references help a lot.

First line should mean everyone has to play with an open hand while lain is in play. Correct english or too ambiguous? Had to keep text short.

>>6175 Keep going my Lainon.

>>6176 What with the left eye?

r8

>>6204 Finished it

>>6204 "Players play with their hands revealed" is the correct terminoligy. Also, what does "face down" mean in this context? Does it turn into a morph? If not, I think sending to exile might be more appropriate, depending on what you're trying to do mechanically.

>>6223 Yeah morph. Same idea as this linked card, would allow you to reuse morph cards. Gameplay of lain making everyone forget about the creature so it resets and becomes a secret again. Alternatively you turn some strong enemy creature into a weak 2/2. I like multi-purpose so you have to consider how to play it. Open question is if it would be naturally limited to only morph cards by the game rules.

>>5770 This made me smile as soon as I saw it - keep that soykaf up.

>>5770 anon you have alot of talent, start practicing!

>>5172 nope not charcoal; pencil.

tried to draw her as a quick warmup, realized i messed up the hair too late

>>6335 Nice lain

>>6471 soul

Ho boy it's been a while since I've drawn anything

>>6499 pretty 1337

>>5345 You sure did

Channeling Ilya Kuvshinov. Haha.

>>3477 Has Lain-chan ever been depicted in a kimono or yukata?

>>4594 This is the coolest thing ! I tried my best

>>7663 Looks oddly similar to Coraline. Those eyes add extra mystery to the whole. They make her look androgynous - like a 60 year old man who has been suffering from schizophrenia, depression and insomnia at the same time for most of his life, in addition to the one massive existential crisis that began the day he turned 14 and that is still going on to this day.

>>5163 I drew another one and figured I'd post it here.

>>7407 really like this. Gotta keep the face flat though, looks much better imo

im better at manipulation than drawing.

I drew this and made a GIF animation out of it. Thought you might like to see.

>>6222 I like the style on this one. >>8073 >>8062 >>8042 Those are pretty damn sweet, nice job.

>>8073 You have some dithering that's changing between frames and making your animation unnecessarily large.

>>3477 Well, I tried. Drew this with rage and my mouse.

>>8042 I swear that art style makes her look more like that konosuba character doing a cosplay.

Did "pixel art" of Lain and Bike-chan. I'm still going through the basics.

colors and outline done in gimp

>>3477 some of the lains I've made

>>8161 Hey, that's pretty good lainon.

>>8161 I love the colors

>>8130 >>8161 Those are pretty good, nice work man.

I've tried to draw onlder Lain for years now May be I'll muster the courage to give this color

>>8313 >>8313 New years Lain

>>8314 Thats quite beatifully colored, great work, put in frame and on a wall.

photorealistic lain do not steal

>>8314 Looks pretty guud, not gonna lie. Got any more to show?

>>8319 If you want to see more, then I'll draw her again right now. I'm gonna add color thinking in the result post photograph, the camera does wash out colored pencil a lot.

I will add color to this later tonight

>>8328 Lights soykaf to take pictures but here you go

>>8314 Pretty cute. I love my Lains sad, but unusually this time I'm ok with lewd Lain.

Might finish this later today, Play station Lain doesn't get enough Love

>>7561 I just noticed your post, it seems that I'm the first to do a "new years" Lain Oh this is tremendous

fuarrrk this i'm moving to trad

>>8364 Post the Lain too, looks fuarrrking cool as fuarrrk.

>browse /vis/ >wasn't there a thread to dump Lain visuals? >maybe was archived >a banner I made for my bort >thinks I may share it here despite the rule 7 (not a Lain dedicated bort but hey feel free to visit) >not really a drawing but dump it here cause don't want to create a thread for this > ??? >death

>>8678 There's some stuff on /lain/ if you haven't looked there.

>>8679 I rarely visit /lain/ but thanks for the reminder. Will lurk a bit.

LAIN is the cutest one of them all....

>>3477 19th century lain. I don't think I'll ever finish it.

>>5163 >>8032 >>6216 These are my favorites

>>8748 I hope you do sometime, I love seeing her in formal clothes! I really wish I had the motivation to learn drawing, Maybe just for fun I'll try drawing my best Lain tomorrow

I hope it counts... i can't draw tbdesu

>>8339 Writing text so I won't get the "body is to short to post" error

>>8806 nice, looks cool

>>8161 this style is really nice, reminds me of koyoriin

>>8806 make the extremities of the A longer otherwise it looks like a cop did it u gotta be a bit messy with it but i appreciate the propaganda

let's all draw lain. backgrounds on the first two are not mine. hope you enjoy

>>8933 dropped this image

I haven't really drawn in a long time. Dusting off the sketchbook was nice though.

>>8905 I really like this one. Good job.

HAHAHAHAHAHA Boy did that take some time, but it was worth it . I used a stock google night sky image and put some dark filter effect.

drawing lain, as usual. this came out okay.

I wanna draw her properly someday, just wanted to finish already a contribution to the thread.

>>9075 Thats a nice one for a quick drawup. >>9073 That has a nice fresh style to it too.

(._.¡) I made this in a similar thread years ago.

>>8929 Cringe. >nooo you have to draw the "A" following some anarchist approved rules.

not sure how this looks, but hope it looks ok

>>8130 Original >>9322 You get a head pat that's the best I can do

>>3477 Should be doing homework but whatever

>>8032 Whole aesthetic reminds me of CicadaMarionette, but specifically HORRIBLE SCREAMING MURDERER on that Navi that's bleeding all over the table

>>6176 damn rocking that Uboa/W.D Gaster style, i like it.

>>9406 nice lain good proportions looks show accurate

>>3477 love lain! love lain! love lain! love lain! love lain!

My friend wanted me to draw Lain on her Birth month so i did

>>3484 what did you do to improve? are there certain books you read, or?

>>8339 >>8905 >>8329 >>8328 >>8314 >>8313 It's been a while! drew some more older lain

>>9720 Would totally smoke that joint with this lain and cool cat while discussing about life and other meaningless soykafs. >not even flooding >get harassed by anti-flood bot >tfw yeah my answer is not very valuable anyway fuark it

messed up the face but whatever

>>9720 forever thinking about a lain that kept growing, we were about the same age first time I saw SEL wanted to upload this before I ruin it with watercolors

>>9728 lets all love lain lets all love lain

>>9732 sad to see im the last lainanon drwaing lain. dont worry Lain, I'll be the last one loving you, ill be with you forever

here is my lain :) its a bit smudged

My drawing is bad and I should feel bad. Yes, quite obviously, I don't know the fundamentals.

>>9742 Nightmarish retard lain. Makes me laugh. >>9732 This one is nice, love the coloring. >I'm the last Kepp it up anon. At least, I'm here watching.

>>9744 Attempt #2 This one is a little bit better

>>9746 imo model is not perfect but okay, its just very easy to break with minor things like just setting light position wrong and i honestly got lazy trying to make the cigarette fit into the mount. Seen video of a studio dude moving mouth in seconds into right position but too amateur to know how to set up so far.

>>9748 The face shape looks more male than female to me. I would make the face / jaw more round. Also move the mouth upwards so it's closer to the nose. I think that would make it look more female.

>>8951 Mai I ask for a blog right here?

>>9733 LAIN X REI i move, but im drawing again fxxking life, what a bore

>>8364 If you don't post that lain I'm going to kill myself

>>9744 >>9747 it's pretty great, you and I both have some problems with proportions though

I’ve wanted to draw a Sunday funny for lainchan, think I could cut it?

questionabel quality lain I made cause I was bored today :)

>>10239 Cute and funny >>10240 Cute Good job guys

>>10241 My next strip, why y’all think?

>>9983 The perspective is a little bit strange, but otherwise not bad. I like the unique head pose.

>>10242 Cute! I really enjoy your lil comics :)

Can somebody train an AI to make images in my style?

finally drew a Lain I'm happy with, but I've entered my "copying abe yoshitoshi's style" phase which I'm really gonna have to get out of lmao

>>8364 anon its been a year and some change, please tell me you still have the lain image

>>8364 Please deliver the image, sire.

>>10300 This looks really good, high quality. Congrats, lainon. Lain's face looks like a tormented warrior ready to continue until the last drop of her blood. (Which is an aesthetic i enjoy much)

I doodle her in class when im bored

>>3491 Lawd knows im not one to critic other peoples art but it seems like your proportions are a bit off on the arms. The elbow is supposed to just about line up with the waist

Silly lain and gondola doodle.

>>10609 >>10651 good lains :)

>>10640 How useful do people find such charts? People usually have such different proportions that I can't help but think these guides let you draw only one specific type of person. I'm not an artist btw.

>>10654 It's alright. a bit useful. I rely on it a bit if height/body parts are looking wonky, but if your goal is to make something look wonky or not make an adult proportioned character (gnomes, kids, someone that has "more to love", etc...) then it's a bit useless. also the arms (to me) are too lanky on that chart. Best comparison is yourself/real life reference. Look yourself in a mirror/pic. There's a bunch of poses online, too.

>>10654 Standardized proportions are used as character markers. There's a model for hero proportions stemming from antique still used to visually distinguish heroes from normal characters. The benefit of a standard is you can keep consistency across your work which is especially important when you draw comic/manga and not just one image.

>>10725 I really enjoy those hard lines and texture. Some shading would be nice but don't get me wrong, I think this one is perfect the way it is.

>>10725 >>8938 >>8161 I really love these! Now i want to try to draw something too

My vs my gf's lain. Mine is the first one (the good one, obviously).

>>3485 Problem is none of those things. I mean yes, you drew it with pencil, of course it doesn't show up. You could get a better picture by taking it outdoors. Judging by the 'colourful' blobs of noise, this was indoors; indoor lighting is extremely weak, phone cameras are generally made for outdoor use and compensate when indoors by increasing ISO which increases noise. The picture is hard to adjust because it is very low contrast. The subtle shadow on the lower right quadrant is a huge problem. Edge detection and threshold are unusable here. Zoom in on a pencil line and see for yourself, how little difference the pixel value is between paper and pencil. I used Gimp on the image, my usual techniques didn't work but I figured it out in the end. Managed to make the linework come out a bit, you can see detail in the hair that was hard to see in the original. Here's what I did. >Symmetric Nearest Neighbor. Radius 8, Pairs 2 >Saturation. 0.000 >Levels. Input 0, 0.37, 255 Output 59, 255 >Exposure. Black 0.100, Exposure 0.650 Like >>3486 said, a scanner could help because they create a better environment for photography, but if you don't want to fork out the cash, have a shot at taking the pictures outdoors instead. >>3488 Curve filters are very finicky, and again, with a low contrast photo I think it's a less useful tool.

Drawing is too hard, I'm sleepy

>>12377 her eyes seem so tired

I started this but i dont know how to color or shade

>>12467 Did you ever finish it? I really like it! (I might have obsessed over the Sonic Adventure games as kid.)

Contribution to the thread, lots of nice lains here. Wonder what many of the drawfriends are up to now.

Trofim Lysenko as Lain (meme) and Gopnitsa Lain I made for an old remix of mine

Hello Lainchan I am real lain yes I am come with my selfy

Still learning how to draw a decent Lain-chan in her bear-suit

>>12578 Lain got more gothic when she matured, eh?

not sure if this counts because it's just a silly redraw. it's too hot to do anything more or rather fluctuating and it's giving me headaches

remember sketch one lain a day to keep the doctor away

quick doodles. am not a good with digital as i am with ink nice thread. lots of really cool artists in here. :3

>>12692 >>12693 cute. digital just takes a good while to get used too but i still dont like it as much. something is lost along the way and the easiness of corrections feels almost like cheating. at least to me

i don't draw but gotta serially experiment w/ the lain every once in a while

My sketch of our girl most high

I draw only like twice a year =(

tegaki on a different ib was glitching out

I hate myself for not being able to draw at all, let alone draw Lain

>>13069 then pick up a pen and some paper to start drawing

>>13070 I draw all the time! I don't think I've ever made a good picture

>>13072 >I am not able to draw >I draw all the time Huh?

>>13072 just work on it and find out what youre doing wrong. first and foremost is being able to copy right and take your time doing so. just think of how you learnt things in school first, vocubalry, grammar and all that. you copied down notes and then had little tasks trying to do it on your own, which would be something like copying a drawing or a picture (a drawing would be easier, since the lines are already present) and then do it from memory as a task right after or the day after. repeat this for several hours a day and you will be presentable in a few months time. trust me on this.

>>10241 Cute chibi >>10240 Cute sketch >FOO! BAR! "****** ** beyond any recognition", hehe

Cute thread, here's my attempt. I think it ended up quite okay. I wanted to draw better eyes, but never ended up with something that looked better than these solid colored circles ;_;