This will be a thread for beginners to post their pictures and have people who are more experienced give them advice on how to improve. I will be posting some of my work shortly.
The outline of four faces, numbered by the order in which I drew them. Number 3 is strange and disappointing. I like to think I improved after 1.Post edited on 6th Aug 2020, 10:32am
I've posted over ten things and received no feedback. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uwuuuuuuuu
>>3112 I dunno. It looks like shit? I have no idea about drawing so I can't criticize your work. I mean you probably know all the parts that look bad so just think about those parts and fix them yourself.
>>3113 >I mean you probably know all the parts that look bad I don't. And I don't know how to fix them either.Post edited on 7th Aug 2020, 4:10am
>>3113 That's a lot easier said than done, and if it was half that simple everyone would be a great artist.
>>3112 Well I am the drawer of >>2994 I don't think I can offer you much assistance...
>>3116 It's been almost a year. Are you still going at it?
>>3112 There's not enough depth on the feet and arms, I think you perposely trying hide them behind for whatever reason. Draw some more thin lines on hair, the hair is one the most graceful thing in women. It is one thing that you should proritize getting it perfectly right. Do practice more on that. Overall I think your drawing lacks of thin lines and because of that, you have an over sized looking ear in your drawing. The part that delicately needs more detail turn out to be flat because there's little to no thin lines. Learn how to shade draw stroke properly. All these have some trick behind it. >>2994 I think you need a better design on your character uniform. It looks really dull though.
I have taken all the little willpower and energy I have left and decided to start drawing. But what I should start drawing? It's drawing objects useful at all? Copying pictures? Drawings of others? I have read all kinds of tutorials and books but it's all too abstract and advanced. I guess I want to stick into something and mindless grind because if I think just a little about what to do I will immediately hate the whole thing and lose all my movitation.
>>3139 Draw smiley faces. Today, draw 500 smiley faces, with slightly different levels of smile. If you don't want to think and drawing anything is okay, you should have no problem with the smiley face assignment I've given you.
>>3139 >I think just a little about what to do I will immediately hate the whole thing and lose all my movitation. Don't think. Put pencil to paper and draw fuck whatever comes to mind that second.
>>3140 That doesn't seem particularly useful for improvement, it's some sort of secret technique? >>3141 You mean starting with drawing from imagination? You don't recommend copying then?
>>3142 No, my point was that you're coming at it with the wrong mindset. Drawing is more mental than physical. People get better by thinking about what they're doing more than getting stronger arms or whatever. Doing monotonous, repetitive shit without thinking is how you train your body, not your mind(muscle memory is partially in the brain, but you get the idea). All three of the things you listed are useful in different ways. Learing "how to draw" can't be tackled from one angle. I like the Vilppu Drawing Manual from what I've read so far. Read it and follow it, or don't. Doesn't make a difference to anybody but yourself.
>>3143 That makes all the sense. It's an important disadvantage in my case, though. I can do things in the same way I do the dishes or brush my teeth, but if I'm doing something in full consciousness I start feeling stupid and depressed, while doubting about progress being possible at all. I guess I will need to overcome that or give up.
>>2877 Oh here it was, my old as fuck post I have improved, not by a lot considering it has been 3 years but at least I don't feel disgusted by my drawings now Don't give up guys
>>3192 I like the eyes and there's something dark and creepy, in a good way, that I find appealing. Could you post more? Not giving up after three years already seems like an amazing feat to me. Lately I feel like I've been giving up on everything.
>>3193 Thanks, I've been trying to imitate the style of various artists I like @2imism @fufu0404 @nekozukin9 (twitter, I know, but I wouldn't be able to find them anywhere else) >Lately I feel like I've been giving up on everything. I don't know how hard thing might be for you man but don't get discouraged. A tip I can give about drawing or similar hobbies is doing the bare minimum a day to make it a habit
>>3194 I think it's too late for me, but you should really keep drawing. There's something about some artists that goes beyond technical skills, call it "soul" or whatever, and I see it in your work. Could be the eyes or the mysterious expressions. Or the finger sandwiches.
>>3194 These are excellent. Keep drawing. Make a comic.
I haven't drawn since I was 13. I'm 23 now. You can likely tell from the style that I was a chuuni the last time I did any drawing. I was inspired by Tetsuya Nomura to start drawing again. I'd like to become proficient enough to start a web comic.
>>3197 The only thing I'm sort of happy with is the hair. I think I did a nice job considering the decade I've spent without a pencil in my hand.
>>3197 hope it goes well with the comic. I'd suggest to learn the basics, specially gesture. Proko's tutorials are a great resource for beginners (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnwmlTQLxzEey1-lsLKjN8BoGtDhb9vS). But also embrace your chuuni side and try copying art you love, specially when you're feeling sick of exercises. If you practice fundamentals and the style you like consistently you will definitely improve
>>3199 Thank you, anon. I won't work on any comics until I've committed to the craft for a few years. Lord knows the world doesn't need more deviantART tier artists trying to make webcomics. I sketched this using my memory of Tomoko from Watamote. It doesn't look that much like her, but oh well. I'll give those tutorials a watch. I appreciate it.
>>3200 Make comics for yourself, not for the approval or disapproval of others. A lot of webcomics will have mediocre art for the first few strips, then rapidly improve. Some will even go back to redraw their earliest once the artstyle reaches some consistency.
>>3201 I return with today's offering. I think the face/anatomy is pretty fucked, but I'm really proud of the hair in this one.
>>3200 I would say >>3201 is right, just draw comics if you happen to have some interesting idea, no matter whether you can pull it off perfectly. Besides, if you just keep grinding technique you might lose track of what made you draw in the first place and with it the motivation. That's what happened to me at least. I like the pic btw, the expression on her face is quite tomokoish actually.
>>3203 Thank you.
I feel that I have improved.
I'm no artist but I made some mspaint drawings two characters for a story I am writing. I wanted to at least sort of have an idea of what they look like. They are both named after flowers, Day Lily and Anemone, names of which are not really represent their appearances but instead point to parts of their personalites. They're both bunny girls.
Here's a watamote 4koma I made. Let me know what you think of it.
>>3510 Made me smile a bit. I don't think this needed to be a PNG, though. A JPEG would've done just fine.
>>3511 I'm assuming you took this with a cell phone camera. Since it's line-art you can probably post-process it to enhance the contrast.
my sketch
How do people with dyspraxia even draw?
Anyone else still drawing? I draw nearly everyday, but can't find any motivation to actually improve. What do you do when you're in a slump? Sometimes when I find an illustration I really like, I get an urge to try to copy it, but that's a very rare occurence.
>>3536 I don't draw, but I know there's no one-size fits all solution to motivation.
>>3536 Maybe you don't improve, but you're quite good already.
>>3536 Teto pout. I haven't drawn regularly in months but when I get inspiration, I try not to waste that feeling and draw something. Don't let that rare urge fade.
im trying to learn to watercolor but its really hard.
>>3540 Thats a pretty good Marisa
>>3541 thank you!
>>3542 Your welcome dood
>>3536 I did this Elly a couple of days ago. Haven't coloured anything since colouring books as a kid. Her dress didn't end up as I'd like, but I will keep trying with this.
>>3536 is that your drawing (I'm assuming it is since I don't get any reverse-search hits). It's amazing.
Tried using a different brush. It's neat but a little difficult to use. Sometimes I want to draw 'hus but all the frills and silly hats make it pretty difficult. >>3539 After reading your post I've been actively seeking out more art to find that inspiration more often, and it's been working so far. I've drawn more these past seven days than the rest of the month combined. Whether that's helping me improve I'm not sure, I've always been a bit dubious to the "just draw" approach. I'll try to stop being lazy and go back to studies and fundamentals and such. Eventually. >>3545 That's really nice. Are you just starting to learn drawing? That Elly is already way better than the incomprehensible garbage I used to make back then. Keep at it! >>3546 It is. Thanks.
>>3547 look nice, at least to my untrained eyes your stuff is already at the level of popular pixiv artists.
>>3547 >That's really nice. Are you just starting to learn drawing? Thanks a lot. No, I used to draw as a kid, but kept going on and off, sometimes with year-long breaks in-between. But I am starting to try colouring. Nice Flandre, by the way.
>>3547 That's a cute flan drawing
>>3547 I'm glad it helped! "Just draw" works more if you're a beginner like me and don't know where to start. I think it depends if what you want to draw is something that forces you to practice or if you get into the habit of drawing what you're used to but it's fun nonetheless. I'm going to try drawing something other than portraits regularly again after I finish cleaning and rearranging my room. Cute Flan, by the way.
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