Near the end of 2022, I finally started focusing on improving (although it’s more fitting to call it learning.)
I spent a lot of time doing art studies and break downs now which so far has been helping me make strides.
Counterintuitively, it becomes more frustrating as I learn more basics. As I understand the reasoning behind what goes where and what follows what rule, I can’t help but feel aggravated when I’m hit with a simple skill check. Obviously it’s something that I’ll get over as I improve and continue having breakthroughs. But you can’t blame a man for scowling when he gets kicked.
This does mark the end of 2022.
I’d love to be bold and claim that I’ll have a ton of cool new things to show this year, however; due to the fact I spend almost all my drawing time on studying, most of it is not worth sharing. Perhaps attaching exceedingly long walls of text to my posts, explaining what I learned and what techniques I used, would be helpful to me and possibly someone else who is trying to tackle the basics of art.
2023 will be the year of quality
Expect absurd amounts of text