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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 15:40:54 No.751925 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>751965 >>753110

im a total beginner.
should i just go hard on learning anatomy if thats what i want to do?
im doing drawabox but it feels so hopeless.
im going to be 26 in a few weeks and i feel like im too old to git gud...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 15:49:17 No.751926 Report

Quoted By: >>751927 >>751929

if you're being serious, then...
trace.
Trace.
TRACE.
copy the artstyles you like and you'll gain a habit or at least pattern recognition

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 15:50:25 No.751927 Report

Quoted By: >>751929 >>752116

>>751926
he drew a basedjak, he's either not serious or a kid

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 16:00:58 No.751929 Report

Quoted By: >>751935 >>753121

>>751926
do you actually learn anything from tracing?

>>751927
i draw funny faces :)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 17:31:25 No.751934 Report

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nobody's too old to get good. ic will never tell you this but the real secret to getting good at art is having fun doing it
if you have fun, you enjoy doing it. if you enjoy doing it, you will want to do it more. it's practice, it's motivation, it turns into the desire to do more and better. if you keep the joy of drawing in the core of your works then you can get good at any age and people will notice the soul within.
don't worry yourself too much anon. improvement will show on its own as you keep going especially when you're just starting out. make drawing fun first - this is oekaki after all

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 17:35:24 No.751935 Report

Quoted By: >>751960

>>751929
>do you actually learn anything from tracing?
yeah, muscle memory and the basics. you can cry about morals all you want, but tracing is the way to go if you want to get good fast

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 19:13:16 No.751948 Report

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i suck at copying tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 19:44:45 No.751953 Report

Quoted By: >>751954

Do you have any artists you admire? Is there a particular image that inspires you to want to be able to make something similar yourself? How often do you practice drawing?

Saying things like "I suck at X" or "it feels hopeless" is putting the cart before the horse. Improvement is very gradual. To be able to produce work that is on par with a professional artist you will have to fall flat on your face thousands of times maybe even hundreds of thousands. Especially if you are self taught and especially if you have other responsibilities that limit how much time you can dedicate to practice. Keep your goals in mind as you draw but give yourself credit for small improvements. Don't beat yourself up for not being at the level you want to be. Practice diligently, research tutorials and guides posted by more experienced artists, but relax and enjoy yourself. Keep a record of your work and remember where you started.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 19:58:21 No.751954 Report

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>>751953
>Do you have any artists you admire?
though i like many artists, my favorite pieces of art are stuff like this, which im pretty sure i got from a random drawthread. yeah. its not the most incredible piece of art ever drawn, but it totally encapsulates a feeling i don't think has a name. and i want to make other people feel it too.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 20:19:09 No.751955 Report

Quoted By: >>751957

you can draw chuds with me

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 20:43:13 No.751957 Report

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>>751955
hows this

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 21:06:24 No.751960 Report

Quoted By: >>753121

>>751935
no you don't. the only reason you'd ever trace is if you're actively studying your subject to get a better understanding of its details i.e. via the shrimp method. just drawing over the lines to achieve the desired look doesn't teach you anything - you don't learn anything about the shapes, construction, line control, the thought that should go into every piece of art, composition, etc. this is a terrible laziness to encourage to a beginner who won't know what to look out for yet
maybe if you stopped tracing and tried to pull your own weight for once you'd realize that

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jul 2023 22:17:51 No.751965 Report

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>>751925
Learn how to draw basic shapes, then how to draw them in perspective, then how to bend them, cut them, shrink them, change their texture and etc, sure.

But in-between training sessions, just draw things that you like.
Collect art that you like, you don't need to follow a specific artist or a specific style, just make yourself a folder and whenever you see a pic that speaks to you, save it in that folder.
You can draw inspiration from it or just try to understand what is it that you lke so much about the picture and try to draw that yourself, introduce it to your art or just make a piece with the general vibe.

And anon, you don't need to be a great artist either, just enjoy art, it does not matter if people like it or not, the objective is fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jul 2023 17:34:16 No.752020 Report

Quoted By: >>752042

>ai this, ai that
there's no hope

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jul 2023 21:58:17 No.752042 Report

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>>752020
Nobody said shit about AI but you, Anon.

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 20:18:27 No.752116 Report

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>>751927
>he drew a basedjak, he's either not serious or a kid

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 22 Jul 2023 22:27:01 No.752130 Report

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draw boxes cylinders and cones in different perspectives
the rest is just putting those shapes together into things u wanna draw

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Aug 2023 14:58:15 No.753110 Report

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>>751925
Do you use a mouse or a pen ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Aug 2023 18:04:21 No.753121 Report

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>>751929
its important to know that when you are tracing you aren't trying to copy the lines exactly but to execute the motions quickly. it does not help if you are carefully tracing the lines. you must be quick.
it also helps to deconstruct pieces into shapes, forms, identify lines of action, etc.
>>751960
wrong. you can deconstruct art to learn about shapes and construction, and line-control is the whole dam point of tracing. beginners need to start somewhere with line control and tracing aint half bad. sure theres the method of drawing a few dots and then connecting them in one quick motion but tracing art lets you see how many lines can be connected

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