Hey man, i rlly love ur art <3, it's just *Kiss chef*.
Just wondering if you have any tips to draw as good as you! and are u open to make commisions?:3
AWWWW UR SO SWEET!!!! I really appreciate your kind words!! I unfortunately don't take commissions and probably won't until I'm finished with my degree in a few more years!
I am sure you are already an amazing artist!! And I have much to work on still! But there are a few art practices that I swear by...
I have been getting hit hard with depression this year so I fully understand feeling unmotivated to draw, but if you can, drawing every day, or as close to every day as possible, is really important. To do that, you need to make drawing as easy and accessible as possible. Two tools that I always carry with me everywhere is a small portable sketchbook and a blue bic pen. I recently also got a portable watercolor palette that has allowed me to paint anywhere with zero effort (I just need a small amount of water). I don't set up for it and I don't clean up my pallette at all.
Going back to the sketchbook and pen... I think spending a few months drawing exclusively with pen- NO pencil, NO digital art, nothing that you can erase or undo- will dramatically improve not only your hand eye coordination and muscle memory for drawing movements, but also your confidence. Drawing with a pen forces you to either start over when you make a mistake, or to simply accept and work with "errors". You will also get faster at drawing. Starting in middle school, I used only pen and paper and since then it is my preferred tool despite going digital seriously in college. I cannot stress enough how incredibly important the acceptance of your art style, and the "mistakes" that you make, is. Once you stop fussing over details and "errors" in your art and just go with them, or admire them for the quirks they are, your art will drastically improve.
Along those lines, I think getting off of social media is also really healthy for young artists. I personally just think all social media is a complete shit show and is leading to the demise of the human race... but that's for another time. Excessive social media usage is not good for artist's confidence for many reasons. Algorithms don't reward good artists or hardworking artists, and nowadays there is an incredible amount of normalized cyber bullying in the art community. Once again, going outside and sitting in a cafe or doodling with your friends with a pen and paper or whatever you wanna use is gonna do you wonders.
And finally, if there is a specific thing you want to learn to draw, tutorials and videos can be helpful, but I honestly think just observing that thing in real life and drawing it 100x is the best way to learn. For example, drawing hands. Just draw your own hand in various poses over and over. Fill a sketchbook page with iterations of pen sketches of your hand in a different pose, one pose per page. Time yourself- spend no longer than 2-3 minutes per sketch. Spend time people watching. You need to observe the way things move, the way things take up space, so that you can reconstruct them in three dimensions in your mind. If we take the hands example, every hand is unique, so the more you are intentionally observing people's hands, the greater array of sources you are internalizing. A critical component of this method is non-judgementally analyzing each sketch, and noting what aspects of it you like, and which aspects you want to improve upon in the next sketch. Small, specific, iterative improvements lead to big changes in the long run. Take a look at the last hand you drew, and compare it to your own. Red line it, then redraw it in pen.
Also recognize that improving your art takes time. Once you get off of social media, you'll realize the world isn't really full of 12 year old art prodigies with 20 million followers and 5 posts. Most people spend years getting where they are. I'm in my mid 20s now and I've been drawing practically compulsively my entire life. I've struggled with work because I stay up until 2 or 3 am drawing. I've been chastised by teachers for drawing on desks and chairs. It's gotten to the point that my family is pissed when they see the sketchbook come out. I walk and sketch at museums and on hikes. Don't compare yourself to other people, and let yourself develop over the weeks, months, years you need. The faster you get over your own insecurities, the faster you'll actually improve. Art is not about each individual piece- your record as an artists exists as a continuum of thousands of individual pieces.
I wish you the best of time drawing and most importantly have fun!! <3
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