#for my current skills!

[blueskittlesart]

Question abt drawing: been trying to attempt learning how to draw forever but I always have trouble getting over the obstacle of having to learn/study things like anatomy and shading, which then causes me to stop drawing and have a harder time picking it back up. I know it's important for improving your art and yourself as an artist but I can't help but see it as tedious and overwhelming, especially the anatomy since it's more on the science side of things and science is not my thing lol. Do you have any advice on how to get over it or work thru it?

i think there's a couple facets to this question. firstly i'd recommend you consider what exactly your end goal is in learning how to draw: do you specifically want to be able to produce anatomically accurate figures and true-to-life shading, or do you just want to be able to make something for fun that looks good to you? one of the most helpful things I ever learned at art school was that accuracy doesn't matter if it looks good. 99% of my art isn't strictly anatomically accurate, and part of that is stylization, but even when i'm doing realistic figure drawings i like to lengthen limbs and exaggerate curves in order to make my drawings look better. So if your only real goal with art is to make something that looks good and enjoy the process, my first piece of advice would be to stop worrying so much about stuff like perfect accuracy! if you use references and keep pushing yourself, the skill and understanding you're looking for will come naturally with time. before I was ever classically trained, I got pretty far just by drawing my favorite characters in different poses and situations over and over again, and that experience laid the groundwork for when classical training did become available to me. Just because you're not necessarily doing serious figure studies doesn't mean you're not getting valuable practice--what it means is that you're having FUN while you're practicing, and having fun with your art is the most important thing!!!

Secondly, you mentioned anatomy being on the science side of things, which suggests to me that you may be looking in the wrong places when trying to do more serious anatomical study. if you look up 'anatomy' or anything similar on a web search engine, you're likely going to get a lot of very complex scientific illustrations. and while those aren't necessarily devoid of artistic value (I took a class all about scientific anatomy for artists last semester and it was GREAT) for a beginner who's just trying to learn how to make a body look like a body, they're not what you're looking for. what is going to be much more helpful for you are sites like line of action or quickposes. these sites are basically repositories of figure drawing images, and you can set them to automatically switch to a new image after a certain interval of time. if you really, desperately want to improve your anatomy specifically, what I recommend is going to one of these sites, setting it to the shortest interval possible, and trying to copy the pose as closely as you can before time is up. this might sound crazy, since the shortest interval is usually somewhere between 30-60 seconds, which obviously isn't enough to get much down. but what this will do is force you to look at how these models' bodies are constructed and translate it onto the page quickly and without overthinking it. be warned, your first maybe hundred of these are going to look like shit. but if you do this enough, you're eventually going to gain an intrinsic sense for 1. how a body works and 2. the easiest way for you personally to construct a body when drawing it. even without knowing the scientific names and anatomical rules, you're going to get a FEEL for how things work, which is much more important and useful to you as a character artist.

Finally, i think the most important thing to remember is that no art is bad art, even if you're not satisfied with the end product. when you're first starting out as an artist, you're going to make things that don't look right and you're going to be frustrated with yourself because of it. i vividly remember crying over a sketchbook at maybe age 11 or 12 because I was so upset i couldn't put exactly what was in my head on the page. Skill comes with time and practice and that is a frustrating fact of life, but no time spent doing something you enjoy and are passionate about is wasted. It might look bad now but you are laying the groundwork for your future success, and someday you're probably going to look back on your past work and say "I can't believe I thought this looked bad back then. for my age and my skill level i was doing AMAZING." And as previously mentioned, it's a lot less discouraging when something looks bad if you had fun making it, so try to have FUN with your art. draw things you enjoy and are passionate about and don't worry if it looks bad. focus on the experience, the skill will come in time. you've got this!!

#i've had this account since i was 15 years old. you can literally go back and see my ass did NOT know what i was doing #but i was having fun and the weird stuff that i was trying that maybe didn't always look right was what laid the groundwork #for my current skills! #i know this advice is basically just 'practice' which is what everyone says but it's important to me that you know #that practice should be FUN too. practice isn't drawing boring shit over and over again before you get to draw the fun stuff #practice is drawing the fun stuff that is maybe a little out of your comfort zone and maybe it looks a little wonky but you did it #and you had fun doing it! and now you'll be a little more prepared to do it again in the future! #asks

[onionninjasstuff]

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #no real context lmao #just found an ancient sketch of this and got out of nowhere motivation to finish it #thinking abt the way i used to treat myself in the past is very bittersweet #cuz i lost sm time worrying abt my skills and presentation and restricting myself a lot and demanding so much out of myself all the time #i still struggle with it #but at the same time looking back fills me w pride and love for both my current and past selves #theres a lot of growth and progress there #and past me wasnt half as bad as they thought either #never be hard on urselves gamers #go out there embrace the world embrace urselves

[mini-minish]

jesties day out ✨🌂🧁

#jester lavorre #essek thelyss #critical role #dood #critical role fanart #the mighty nein #cr2 #m9 #caleb widogast #fjord stone #veth brenatto #caduceus clay #beauregard lionett #yasha nydoorin #kingsley tealeaf #shadowgast #mentioned #baby's first anime beach episode dw he has the most powerful sunscreen imaginable #nicodranas girls we're unforgettable #honestly bg is pretty ass. but its what my current skill level allows me to do #hope to get better in the future... #jesties #the drink is non-alcoholic im a firm believer of jester enjoying colorful oversweet mocktails

[muffin-snakes-art]

So I made another Wallpaper Engine thing, this time with Mistilteinn and Magolor! Not only can you adjust how the wallpaper can be displayed, you can also squish Magolor to make him talk! By default, the particle effects will be unchecked in case your device can't handle it.

Here's the link to the Steam workshop item!

#the illustration alone took months of on off time on it #i also had to learn a bit of java scripting to even make the mago squish interaction work #but thanks to that my ambitious idea for a fecto forgo wallpaper is a lot more possible with my current skills #hope you guys enjoy if you have wallpaper Engine! #kirby #magolor #magolor epilogue #mistilteinn #master crown #rtdldx #kirby rtdldx #rtdldx spoilers #hal laboratory #nintendo #wallpaper engine #clip studio paint #photoshop #animations #fanart

[mispelled]

Was practicing profiles and got carried away

#scary big nose is actually something that can be so important to me #anyway obviously this isnt perfect profiles are hard but im becoming more ok with my current artstyle #forcing myself to learn so many drawing skills for this fandom . im having so much fun #mispelled draws #misp draws #dungeons and daddies #dndads #dndaddies #dndads fanart #dndads s2 #dndads season 2 #scary marlowe #dndads scary marlowe #lincoln li wilson #dndads link #taylor swift dndads #taylor swift not that one #normal oak #normal oak swallows garcia #normally oak swallows garcia #normal dndads #demon days #gorillaz demon days #I FORGOT TAYLORS BRACES AUGHits ok

[glassgob]

bad news folks. got into another sci-fi podcast [Image ID: Digital reference sheet of Sokrates and Cassander from Friends at the Table: COUNTER/Weight. Sokrates and Cass are both fish-people, Sokrates taking design inspiration from the red scorpionfish and Cassander the Mediterranean parrotfish. They are adorned in a modified version of Minoan fashion, featuring flowing garments with vibrant primary color patterns. They both have long, black hair greying at the sides. Cass is several inches shorter than Sokrates, excluding headspines. End ID.]

#friends at the table #f@tt #counter/weight #cassander timaeus berenice #sokrates nikon artemisios #its so funny looking back and being like oh yeah all of my wolf buddies were also super into this show #like hm i wonder why. could be any reason. #anyway im currently on a project to not look at c/w art until i post my designs for them #like as a fun challenge to test my design skills #so no i do not know how other people draw cass or sokrates besides my one friend that i somehow remembered art they drew of them years ago

[dashflashy-arts]

What if the spy dads met 🤔

#crossover mall au #they meet there for chaotic purposes #aLSO THIS TOOK SO MANY DAYS SO IM TAGGING IT As #dash drawing #dash drawings #my current source of drawing is wearing me down skill-wise uuughhhh #anyways- tagging time #crossover #tf2 spy #tf2 scout #dad!spy #team fortress 2 #spy x family #loid forger #anya forger #tf2 pyro #tw smoking #i cant believe i forgot to tag that!!!!!!!

[suppenzeit]

rewatching spiderverse and had to draw my guy

#my art #across the spiderverse #spider punk #hobie brown #this needs a bit more crunch methinks but i already put so much crunch in.. i think adding more is above my current skill level #i guess ill keep drawing progressively messier and crunchier hobies until i get there then

[reddpenn]

Spider plant report: After sulking listlessly all winter like a starving victorian child, Charlotte has suddenly realized it is spring, and she's getting very green and perky about it.

#i love this houseplant so much she's my baby #i'm a little infamous for my skills at Not Keeping Plants Alive #but my girl charlotte the spider plant has been a TROOPER #you did it char you survived the winter!!! #so proud of how Not Dead she is #she's just a baby currently but i hope someday i can get her to propagate some little spiders

[kirnet]

bang bang!

#he owned the margins of all of my math notes in high school it feels kind of good to draw him now with my current skills #bucky barnes #marvel #mcu #minadraws #i rendered the attire metal arm and leather glove and and hated it. i added a bunch of textures and comic fonts and hated it. so #were back to the of lines and flats lol #happy 10th catws you were crazy for all that

[kyannnite]

too late for turning back…

#just realized i never posted this here oopsie… #i have a lot of phantom art living in my mind rn that needs to get out and it’s currently fighting a battle with my artistic skill level #poto #phantom of the opera #alw phantom #the phantom of the opera #erik phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera art #my art tag

[oifaaa]

Like obviously there's a ton of reasons why jason just didnt kill joker in utrh or in any subsequent comics after, first and foremost being that he's dc's little cash cow, but I always did like the in universe explanation being that Jason himself doesn't want the joker to die

Not bc the joker is important to Jason in anyway shape or form quite the opposite in fact, joker dying wouldn't benefit Jason bc the joker doesnt matter to him outside of being a living constant reminder of Bruce's failure that can be used to hurt both himself and bruce, if jokers dead then the healing process can start and Jason doesn't want that he wants to be angry and hurt

So Jason doesn't go kill Joker to get revenge bc he already got his revenge when he beat Joker with a crowbar in utrh and killing the Joker himself wouldn't bring him any more catharsis since he doesn't really care about the clown outside of using him as a prop in his ongoing feud with Bruce

#dc #jason todd #joker #bruce wayne #once again and always the joker as an individual should not matter to jason #and jason definitely shouldn't currently be a side character in a joker comic #ignore me tho #it just annoys me #that like obviously jokers not gonna die anytime soon #so when you refocus jasons anger onto joker #instead of Bruce #and have jason have all this energy into killing a character that for outside reasons is unkillable #you make jason look stupider less skilled and trap him into a never ending cycle #just let him be free #joker has enough people who wants him dead #i need jason to never be near joker again #for my own health

[void-luna]

okay so there's now gonna be a japanese print of scum villain and thus I doodled moshang with their jp design.

#svsss #shang qinghua #mobei jun #moshang #my art #I am so inconsistent with the way I draw mbj I wish I could draw him without needing reference all the time #how I want to draw him is not in my current skill set #however when I take reference from other artists I just end up drawing him how they draw him and I don't like that.... #anyway very happy about sqh's bow

[gazkerber]

Wanted to try a redraw again too see my own improvement ❤

2013 VS 2024!

#we've come so far #always be proud of your own improvement! #sometimes I'm curious of how the early chapters of the comic would look with my current drawing skills #terra branford #final fantasy #final fantasy vi #final fantasy 6 #ffvi #ff6 #ファイナルファンタジー #videogames #square enix #patreon #rpg #jrpg #games #nintendo #snes #fanart #my art #gazkerber #illustration #redraw #ffvi webcomic

[fromtheseventhhell]

High-key want Arya and Varys to cross paths again at some point, like I need Varys to know that he was spied on by a 9-year-old Arya and that his plans could've potentially been foiled by her

#arya stark #varys #asoiaf #I just know he'd be flabbergasted at this information #varys: wtf do you mean that Ned being a dumbass was the only thing that kept my years of hard work being ruined??? #also the nerve of people to say that Arya has no political potential when she spied on the master of whispers in the very first book 😭 #especially when she currently has the skills to intentionally gather information like this AND utilize it/form a plan #I feel like her and varys parallel each other which makes me like the /mistress of whispers/ theory for her #AU where she gets trapped in KL and gets recruited as one of Varys' little birds only for him to realize that she's a lot more resourceful #then he initially considered and she's quickly turning into a formidable political player WHEN?

[zaacoy]

revamping my rendering process because I want to add more color and messiness into my work except I have no idea what I'm doing and twt is making me anxious SO! I'm putting my attempts here!!!

Here is tang because he is bbg💕

#Expect a lot of doodly colorful stuff in the upcoming days this has been bothering me for a while #If I can't fit every color of the rainbow into the shading/lighting somehow I have failed /hj #I dunno I'll get there eventually #On a side note starting with a sketch and just cleaning it up is WAY more fun than doing lineart found that out today #I kinda want to move more into paintery shading rather than cell shading but that's WAAAY out of my current skill set so we'll see #I love color I WILL get more color in my work even if it kills me ueueue #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk #lmk tang #tang lego monkie kid #zaacoy art💫