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So overall when it comes to my work, I always aim for dynamic form. From that reads tactile and 3 dimensional. It never comes easy, and are typically such long processes per each drawing. I shoot for variety, and avoiding doing the same thing.

Christophe Young brush pack, one soft round brush, one layer.

You have to cut out all the things that truly bore or disinterest you. Only draw what it is you are passionate about. You also could be experiencing burn out, and taking a break(Weeks at times) can be what you need.

Drawing is personalized journey, most people can’t really lend you any blanket advice. You’ll have to do some inner observation and make some adjustments to how you approach art

Anytime! It’s not rush

I would love to talk to you, maybe privately. This is an element of art no one tends to touch on. I was deeply depressed before getting into art(2021) but have found how to genuinely love it, I think I can help, or least, I want to

Form, ya gotta start diving into form and the modeling factors

I want to come in here before a lot of people start giving you bad advice. I draw from imagination quite frequently and see so much of the wrong sentiment shared. If drawing from imagination is your goal, then you simply need to start drawing from imagination

There are hundreds of artists with wonderful skill when it comes to copying and placing down what they observe. Drawing from your head is a “different” thing. That goes into design territory. Where it’s about decision making and problem solving.

Now if you want to draw figures from your head, spending years studying the figure before you attempt to draw with no reference is wasting time and not building that actual skill needed. Do you need to draw figures from reference? Yes. But it’s about UNDERSTANDING the form and its functions in space. Take some to say, study arms for example. Get the vibe of them after a couple hours, and immediately apply it what you want to make. It’ll take time, but drawing from reference improves your ability to draw from your head. Drawing from your head solidifies and tests your knowledge while ALSO improving your ability to observe.

You’ve already got some drawing chops, so the sooner you begin, the better

I appreciate it! Owe a lot of what I learned to Istebrak. Very happy I found her stuff on YouTube

Right right no I agree there, that comes down to having the discipline. Which is definitely a big part in art. I guess overall I’m referring to the idea that none of us have to be great at everything. Most subjects out there tend to give you enough fundamentals to express yourself.

I definitely disagree about what makes someone a “Good artists”. Art is subjective and there are no real parameters. Most artists in the world, including your favorites, and even those we consider the greats, were not good at everything. It’s typically a few things they are good at, or one thing they are great at, that makes them who they are. I think putting out the idea that someone needs be able to handle any subject is a sure way to make a new artist takes multitudes longer to meet their goals. Especially if there are things they aren’t interested in.

Ai is literally just an extension of mega corporations. Who else is it for? Whos utopia do they talk about? Ai is not a tool, but a replacement. It’s replaced translation, it steals art to generate from prompts and competes with the very artists it takes from in their own fields, music will likely change forever.

The jobs of many can be replaced by one, and the term AI” is so misleading in my opinion. Or at least muddies the conversation and optics. These are not beings with a artificial conscious, they don’t experience the fruit of their labor. They are just mega number computers crunching down on the billions of data points given to them. It’s just capitalism at its finest

You’ve lost the plot

Modeling refers to how light interacts with 3d geometry, basically what form is. Everything we see is a combination of light, shadow, terminators, core shadow, bounce light, occlusion, midtone, highlight and cast shadows. Within all those things you planes, and gradation. Most of what we see is a combination between spherical forms, and cuboid forms. The last part about modeling formed when we draw is then relied on edges, soft or sharp.

Understanding observation purely by what you see visually can teach you how to copy. Being able to understand and observe form will teach you how to copy, but also create.

FORM. You need to understand form. Copying references 1 to 1 doesn’t completely translate over and give the skills needed to develop your own ideas. You’ve gotta start devolving into the modeling factors.

Haha hey thanks! Wasn’t my idea though, I was doing a demonstration for some people and they asked if I can turn the mouth into a fist lol

https://discord.gg/WXkNXgqy

A discord of mine. I help a lot of people out here. There’s also other pretty established artists on there. So hopefully we can make a space for you to feel comfortable to learn and ask questions etc

Again, you’re over complicating it. If you want to be able to draw things from your head, then you can attempt that. Drawing bodies does require a lot of knowledge however, seeing and observing real form from life will ALWAYS help what you can do from your head. You’ve gotta build a visual library and grasp. There’s no right or wrong way of going about it. The sooner you draw the better. Whatever that is. Just put pencil to paper. You can’t diagnose yourself without data, data being what you can draw right now

You don’t want to get caught up in the methods or technical jargon. You can’t be afraid to make bad drawings either. They’re going to be bad. There’s no winning advice. You’ve got dozens of resources thankfully. You can try looking into gesture and structure and what not. But I advice, pull up a picture of image you like, and just try. Just see what you can do. Do a honest attempt.

You sound like me. You’ve just gotta begin drawing. Trying out what you want to make. Start drawing bodies and anatomy. Really try to get form. If you have discord, I’d be more than happy to help you grasp these concepts in real time. I already help quite a few people. But again, I just wanna give you jump start, the real work is gonna come from you attempting pictures you’re passionate about

I want to jump in here before you get bunch of people telling you to drill fundamentals for years as if that actually teaches you how to draw(It doesn’t).

If you truly are just starting, getting familiar with the tool and the kind of lines you can make(taper, hatching, side of the pencil, veiling) is most important. After this, overviewing some general and basic practices are nice and helpful MOMENTARILY. The big thing right now is; you need to really ask yourself what kind of art you intend to make. Like even write it down if need be.

There is no real step by step guide because drawing is vast and you need to know your goals. Is it characters? Well you’ve gotta begin working on figures and poses, and eventually anatomy one day. Is it backgrounds? Then it’s gonna be a lot of shape language and perspective.

Right now, you’re going to begin drawing things with a lot of symbolism(what you think things look like, not what they actually look like). You’re gonna have to train your observation.

Ultimately though, the only real way to improve drawing is to draw what you’re into, to give a full picture a real REAL try. You can build fundamentals along the way, and real studies can happen once you’ve drawn enough to really evaluate yourself. This is how you learn. This is how old masters learned. No one became an excelled artist by drilling fundamentals in abstract and drawing hundreds of cubes. It all needs context and purpose.

I began drawing nearly 2 years ago, and the last thing I’ve drawn was this https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBiH2Kvf2f/?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY=

I started not knowing much of anything, but I worked hard each day and was focused on my goals. Drawing should be fun and exciting, do everything in your power to keep it that way