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mid 20s | bisexual | programmer | european


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PC36
@PC36

how did so many people on here just learn to draw. like did you just spend a bunch of time doing it. i feel like i could learn if i had a bit more guidance, and i would like to learn eventually, i’m just kind of lost as to what the process is supposed to be.


kayodokey
@kayodokey
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in reply to @PC36's post:

4 notes:

  1. everyone starts bad at first but its important to be proud of your work.
  2. find a style and method of drawing that works for you (digital art, pixel art, traditional, painting etc). you're free to copy the styles of artists you look up to, it will inevitably evolve into your own unique style.
  3. And TRACE. people tend to think tracing is bad but it's an incredibly useful tool in learning anatomy and just how shapes work.
  4. originally it was just gonna be the 3 notes above but i have to add, no drawing class or online art tutorial has ever helped me in any way

long story time:
i started really drawing in 2020, i got a sketch pad for christmas where i would just doodle random stuff. i used it as a creative outlet, i would try to get as creative as possible with inktober prompts (never doing the whole event of course, drawing 30 days in a row is insane). after making my first oc i would sketch out drawings in the sketch pad, take a photo of it, open the photo in paint dot net and trace the lines with my mouse. then after a year and like 15 finished drawings, i started drawing digitally with my phone. eventually i stopped needing to trace sketches. i found that almost every time i drew, i would have to learn how to do something new, especially when drawing characters. now after 4 years experimenting with different styles, shading techniques, brushes, and about 200 finished drawings, i think i'm pretty okay at drawing but not comfortable taking commissions. i still can't draw trees

hard agree with #1 there- I spent many many years wanting to be good at drawing and being frustrated at how bad I was

one day something clicked for me and I realised I just had to do like 1000 bad drawings before I could start doing good ones

from that point, it felt good to do a bad drawing, because it was another one of the thousand done

…and that’s when I started getting better at drawing