I love your art so much. I would love to learn to draw like you can one day. I really struggle with getting my art to look good. How did you practice to get to this point? I have terrible line control and anatomy is not great. Also your rendering is beautiful and I cannot figure out how you do it!! 😭
aw.… hey anon, i want to let you know right away that i understand where you're coming from, as i've also experienced this kind of frustration with art :”) but uhh, i'll try and explain my point of view and also share some knowledge that helped me out quite a bit!
in regards to struggling with making your art look good… i've gotta say, for me at least, that feeling never really went away, but what I do is actively push against it. i was in my early teens when i got serious about fundamentals, especially anatomy and form, and ive just been grinding ever since. i will admit that it’s taken lot of hard work ^_^” at least that’s what it feels like to me looking back now. for a while, my mentality was essentially reduced to “i don’t care if it looks bad, i need to get a good grasp on this” so i just kept on going. and honestly? looking back at it, yeah it was a bit frustrating at times, but i also made sure to keep the process of learning fun by practicing fundamentals while drawing things i enjoy, such as fandoms i was in at the time. nowadays though, i try to keep a healthy balance between doing art studies and "i'm having fun" art sessions
when it comes to line control… hm. first, i do exercises with an ink brush pen irl in my sketchbook – helps me train to keep my hand steady. i also tend to make a few shorter, tapered lines instead of one big swoop. i think its funny that i used to be an absolute lineart HATER and thus would avoid it entirely LMFAO... but ever since i started this artblog, i've had a change of heart and now i absolutely love it – my secret is to use brush settings that feel the most natural and comfortable for you. that’s why i do my lineart with a ballpoint pen-like brush (so the brush size doesn’t change with pen pressure). no joke, once i got my hands on that, lineart became incredibly fun. it simply made the entire process of inking feel intuitive, loose and enjoyable for me, which eliminated all the stress i used to associate with it :] so i guess my advice (apart from hand stability exercises) is to see what feels mechanically natural for you to do in terms of lineart? do you feel more comfortable with brushes that feel like mechanic pencils/ballpoint pens or those bold, calligraphy ink brushes? maybe it would be worth to try a more messy, loose lineart and compare how it feels to a refined and clean one?
since you’re asking about rendering – i covered it here (i'm also gonna link this anatomy post, hopefully it's helpful!) BUT ALSO remember to give yourself time to learn at your own pace and see what works for you best.
you got this! (＾∀＾)/
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