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[kafrizzzle]

those are someone's parents you sick fuck. keep going

[ledivinecollection]

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[courtneygodbey]

OMG YOUR ART IS JUST AMAZING! I'm currently TRYING to learn how to draw and it is frustrating:( my art is a disaster and I'm trying so hard not to give up! please tell me your journey, what helped you learn how to draw, what improved your drawing, and especially drawing the body in various angles D':

Thank you! :)

And I’m sorry it’s so discouraging! But I would definitely encourage you not to give up! Learning to draw is a big process and definitely has it’s ups and downs. I’ve been drawing since I was very young, so I’ve pretty much drawn something almost every day of my life. It’s my passion and just what I do for fun. But there have definitely been hard times. It can certainly be discouraging seeing other people improving at art and feeling like you’re getting nowhere in your work. I’ve taken a few life drawings classes over the years which is always a big help. But I know not everyone has access to such things, but that shouldn’t stop you from drawing from life on your own as much as possible, and if that doesn’t work out, there’s nothing wrong with drawing from photos! And it’s okay if your drawings don’t look perfect, or any good at all to start out with. That is totally 100% okay! People don’t get upset at babies because they can’t walk or talk perfectly right away, and you shouldn’t beat yourself up for learning something new either. Just do your best and try to draw something everyday. Draw from life, draw from your mind, draw your favorite cartoon character, favorite movie star, whatever you like, just keep drawing! It really just takes practice and perseverance. Thankfully there’s a multitude of tutorials and art resources available online, so if there’s something specific you want to work on look for tutorials. And be sure to study the work of artists you like. Being influenced by other artists is a great way to improve and diversify your work. Really what it just comes down to is drawing as much as possible, and drawing from life (or photos refernces) as much as you can!

[shonkadoodledoo]

OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCHH!!! I'll start from today then!! Wish me luck❤. God bless you.

No problem, good luck to you :)

[shonkadoodledoo]

I really love your art. And since im a beginner I thought of taking some tips from you. How did you start? And what helped you learning how to draw the body perfectly and the head from different views, I'm really stuck I keep on practicing but I always fail, please help:(

Firsty, thank you. <3

Secondly, my anatomy is nowhere near perfect. I literally make up a lot of stuff, and the stuff I don’t is stylised.

But moving on, I actually started out by drawing chibis of all things. I had no idea what they actually were at the time, but they were cute and I was 15 and so I drew them. After discovering artists like Bindi and Makani, I moved on to the more disney/cartoon style that you probably see now BUT (I cannot stress the but more) this is not how I learnt anything.

How I learnt was to basically completely stop drawing in any kind of style for about two years, and in those two years I drew nothing but realism from references, both live and not. I have to admit that I did actually see myself as working primarily in that style at that time, so that is intially why I drew that way, but if I hadn’t done that then I honestly do not believe I would have learnt nearly as much by this point as I have.

It probably sounds like a very standard answer, but studying and referencing real forms and life really is how you learn. I did a lot of value studies, and skecthes, and drawings of naked people. I could never show anyone my sketchbook because naked people, naked people everywhere.

Other than that, just draw and draw and draw and draw and draw, and draw until your hand drops off. I was lucky and had a lot of free time during my adolescence so I had plenty of time just to literally draw all day, so I improved pretty quicky during that time. I went from this to this in the space of about a year.

So yeah, it’s a lot of hardwork (hell, it’s still hard work) and you will get down about it A LOT, but as long as your able to look at your work, accept that it’s not yet perfect and keep moving on, you’ll do great.

My only other suggesting would be to not get too finicky about finishing pieces if you can’t get them right. Spending hours and hours trying to get one drawing right isn’t really all that helpful when you could have spent that time doing a bunch of gesture and anatomy studies where you ultimately probably would have learnt more. So don’t be afraid to let things go or simply put them aside if you are really having trouble with them.

But anyway, here are some tools to get you started if you please:

Figure & Gesture Drawing Tools | Posemaniacs (I don’t like this one much myself since the images aren’t actually anatomically correct, but I did use it for a time) | Loomis Books (free pdfs)