What tips do you have for an aspiring artist? i know everyones different and there isn't exactly some magical way to get there aside from hard work, but i never seem to be able to draw every day like everyone says. Thank you for being an inspiration regardless! Hope to one day be able to even draw a few your characters (with permission ofc)! Too shy to say this publicly tho, so anon til then!
thank you!! and sure it’s ok, fan art is always welcome, i love it. ahh well let’s see i know it took ME time to get where i am.
it’s not about mindlessly drawing all day but about practicing to get better and enjoy what you do. I got to where i am drawing for my own enjoyment and my friend’s never to “Oh man i wanna be super famous” It was always to best myself and be at the same level of people i admired but because i thought that if i was better, i was gonna like my own things more. and its true i like my things more now, i think i am wonderful.
So one tip is to always draw to enjoy yourself. drawing is hard yeah, so is painting and playing an instrument. it takes time, but relax and do it for fun, not to impress people, for you. Like old people that invest their time into going to learn how to paint, they enjoy it, it makes them calm. to me drawing is a sedative.
another tip is to try and grow from each drawing, always try something new, don’t just stick to one thing unless well you are okay with that you do you. but i personally am always looking for new brushes, new coloring techniques and several other stuff. i try to go foward and find my own way around things.
Tutorials are there to help you UNDERSTAND how something works. when you play a game the tutorial teaches you how to use something so you understand the command and then use it how you want, like a guide. Art tutorials are like that too, you use them to understand the mechanics and see how to do them. You can stik to them or experiment and eventually find what works FOR YOU because one tutorial on drawing a hand might work different for another person or maybe it works fine but they also find their own way to draw hands and it goes perfect.
another thing regarding tutorials and stuff is that one thing is the person that made it and one thing is you, NEVER get frustrated if you tried doing something like certain artist and it did not turn out. You are you, them are them, the artist has a skill they developed with long practise and they understand their own deal, you might try copying it and it might not turn out. Do not get down, do it yourself, emulate and find your own style, what works for them might not work for you but always try to find the way to make it work so that it turns out FOR YOU.
do not get frustrated, no one is rushing you, comparing yourself to others will only hurt you. enjoy yourself “but i can’t not compare myself to others!!” well i don’t know im not a psychologist ;_;
however it’s good to have challenges, silently with others or yourself, i am always thinking “eh, i can do better /better than this person” and i sit down and do better or put my skill to surpass them in a way and be content with the result. dare yourself but don’t stress yourself.
“But this 16 year old is better at them than drawing and i am 21!!” so what? I saw a child play the bass better than me and that doesn’t stop me from keep learning how to play it and play.
i am really bad at tips and advice tho.REGARDING INTERNET FAME
the internet is hard, getting famous here takes time, if that’s what you’re looking for of course. When i hit 1k followers i couldnt believe it, specially since i been in this god forsaken site putting my draws online since 2011. now with the amount i have i cannot believe it still, but it feels good to have people that support you and like what you do. Just be patient.
BUT i admit there are faster ways to gain traffic, such as, NSFW, fan art, furry creatures, monster girls. The hardest mode, is trying to gain followers without doing any of these, sadly, i am weak as i love nsfw and monster girls so i cant speak much. But yeah.
vocal minorities are always going to be there, so getting negative comments is inevitable, i got a grip of myself at the end of last year but i admit i was very weak to it back then. But hey, who cares, you can be the freshest and sweetest peach in the world and there’s still gonna be people that hate peaches there’s nothing you can do but chin up and keep going.
Tag everything, proper tagging allows others to see your work and thus they can find your pieces and apreciate them.
Think twice before posting something. If what you draw can spark a controversy but you wanna show it anyway, stick to it, don’t censor yourself and delete it because of bad commentary, after all, you knew what you were doing and why you did it and wanted people to see it.
you can do it, have fun, do not pressure yourself, it’s ok to not draw every single day just do it when you can, try learning and growing from each drawing, and do what is best for you and what works for you. chose what you want to draw and draw it. you have all the time in the world and i know you can do great things. I believe in you, we all do and most importantly, Love your art, love it with all your heart because you did it. I see my drawings from hen i was 11 and i love them, i feel happy when looking at them,
i’m bad at this tho :’^) im so sorry
